Io Surface Deposits and Volcano
Photograph
Io Surface Deposits and Volcano
March 5, 1979
Chromogenic development print
Overall: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.7 × 40.5 cm)
Gift of NASA and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Inscriptions verso (applied label, typed): PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE/JET PROPULSION LABORATORY/CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. TELEPHONE: (213) 354-5011/PHOTO CAPTION Voyager 1-120/ P-21277C/ March 9, 1979
This color picture of Io, Jupiter's innermost Galilean satellite,/ was taken by Voyager 1 on the morning of March 5, 1979 at a range/ of 128,500 kilometers (77,100 miles). It is centered at 8° south/ latitude and 317 longitude. The width of the picture is/ about 1000 kilometers (600 miles). The diffuse reddish and orangish/ colorations are probably surface deposits of sulfur compounds,/ salts and possibly other volcanic sublimates. The dark spot/ with the irregular radiating pattern near the bottom of the picture/ may be a volcanic crater with radiating lava flows.
This color picture of Io, Jupiter's innermost Galilean satellite,/ was taken by Voyager 1 on the morning of March 5, 1979 at a range/ of 128,500 kilometers (77,100 miles). It is centered at 8° south/ latitude and 317 longitude. The width of the picture is/ about 1000 kilometers (600 miles). The diffuse reddish and orangish/ colorations are probably surface deposits of sulfur compounds,/ salts and possibly other volcanic sublimates. The dark spot/ with the irregular radiating pattern near the bottom of the picture/ may be a volcanic crater with radiating lava flows.
