The Juno probe showed a photo of Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon

NASA published Image of Jupiter's moon Io taken by an infrared camera from a distance of 80,000 km. It was made by the Juno probe back on July 5, but it was processed and shown to the general public only now.

The photo shows lava flows and volcanic foci, which astronomers have been watching all the time of the main Juno mission. There are more than 400 volcanoes on Io's surface, but a surprising discovery was their prevalence at the poles rather than along the equator.

The Juno plan was to take new photos of Io on December 15 - but it will take time to send them back to Earth and process them. In total, 8 more passes around the satellite are expected over the next 1.5.

Scientists hope to learn more about Io's volcanoes and their magnetism, which has been linked to Jupiter's auroras. Volcanic activity affects Jupiter's magnetosphere, which leads to the appearance of the brightest auroras in our solar system. A photograph of this phenomenon this summer

showed James Webb telescope.

Previously, the Juno probe was able to show a photo Ganymede And Europe the larger moons of Jupiter.