Figure 13-7: R I V U X G
Io’s Lava Flows and a Curtain of Fire This mosaic of Galileo spacecraft images shows a nested chain of volcanic calderas (pits) with black lava flows. The red streak at upper left is a fissure in the surface about 40 km (25 mi) long, through which lava is erupting upward in a vertical sheet or curtain. The erupting lava reaches the amazing height of 1500 m (5000 ft).
Io’s Lava Flows and a Curtain of Fire This mosaic of Galileo spacecraft images shows a nested chain of volcanic calderas (pits) with black lava flows. The red streak at upper left is a fissure in the surface about 40 km (25 mi) long, through which lava is erupting upward in a vertical sheet or curtain. The erupting lava reaches the amazing height of 1500 m (5000 ft).
(University of Arizona/JPL/NASA)