Amazing new images of the moon Io have come down from the Juno spacecraft! This one shows the volcanic moon of Jupiter from only 2,800 kilometers away, which is the closest look we’ve gotten of Io since over 20 years ago. Check out all those volcanoes!!!! NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill - ThreadSky

kevinmgill.bsky.social • 429 days ago

Amazing new images of the moon Io have come down from the Juno spacecraft! This one shows the volcanic moon of Jupiter from only 2,800 kilometers away, which is the closest look we’ve gotten of Io since over 20 years ago. Check out all those volcanoes!!!!

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

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funkyamphibious.bsky.social•428 days ago

Not made out of cheese? Ok buddy, can't fool me

p-no-nwa.bsky.social•429 days ago

Lookitthat! And so flat otherwise.
A big beautiful circle in the middle there, surely not a crater rim...

jarda.bsky.social•428 days ago

Cc @chmee2.bsky.social

green-gjeans.bsky.social•428 days ago

Wish they got the other half :(

monewsdaily.bsky.social•428 days ago

It's so...round.

beaver1224.bsky.social•427 days ago

*This* moon isn't made of cheese.

Io is clearly made of olive loaf!

winderwinder.bsky.social•428 days ago

damn that’s hot

dustiria.bsky.social•428 days ago

That's incredible

beckyhammer.bsky.social•428 days ago

@volcanojw.bsky.social space volcanoes!

volcanojw.bsky.social•428 days ago

They are magnificent!

ichatterjea.bsky.social•428 days ago

@abogadomike.bsky.social

stillwellgray.ca•428 days ago

We should change its name to Russet Potato

teeth.rip•428 days ago

Sweet potato skin, that is! Just as molten beneath anyway :D

condor.bsky.social•429 days ago

The colors 😍

gpike.bsky.social•428 days ago

You can't fool me, that's a cookie in dramatic lighting! XD

slye.bsky.social•428 days ago

What's the scale here? Each volcano is as big as...?

sababausa.bsky.social•429 days ago

Chocolate chip moon

gpike.bsky.social•428 days ago

Glad I wasn't the only person who saw the thumbnail and went "cookie 🍪"

brianmwilcox.bsky.social•428 days ago

More volcanoes than Iceland! They should rename it.

How do you say “Juno” in Icelandic?

ladylibertylatina.bsky.social•427 days ago

Wow!! That is cool!

heatherupperleft.bsky.social•428 days ago

@mortythenurse.bsky.social Looky

mementomorty.bsky.social•428 days ago

Launch me into it

timredacted.bsky.social•428 days ago

Probably fudge chocolate chunk. Needs licking.

ghard883.bsky.social•428 days ago

Very nice picture

scrivto.bsky.social•428 days ago

time for a new bowling ball. this one's more than a little moldy...

elmagnanimous1.bsky.social•428 days ago

Where are ALL the stars in the backdrop?!?! It’s pitch black as if it’s a CGI or AI image

johnwashburn.com•428 days ago

Try to take a photo of the night sky with a bright object in the foreground and see how many stars you can see

komakogrob.bsky.social•428 days ago

K.L.U.K.

jsbowden.bsky.social•428 days ago

Same reason pictures of the moon (both terrestrial and from the lunar surface) have no background stars. The object in the foreground is so bright that leaving the shutter open long enough to capture the stars in the background would blow out the object you actually care about capturing.

jakeandrews.bsky.social•428 days ago

Jeez, nice picture, but what a dump. Not a good beach anywhere.

kbdanahy.bsky.social•427 days ago

Good beach everywhere. No ocean though. Bummer.

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