Galileo at Io: Results from high-resolution imaging

Mcewen A S; Belton Mjs; Breneman H H; Fagents S A; Geissler P; Greeley R; Head J W; Hoppa G; Jaeger W L; Johnson T V; Keszthelyi L; Klaasen K P; Lopes-Gautier R; Magee K P; Milazzo M P; Moore J M; Pappalardo R T; Phillips C B; Radebaugh J; Schubert G; Schuster P; Simonelli D P; Sullivan R; Thomas P C; Turtle E P; Williams D A

Galileo at Io: Results from high-resolution imaging

Authors

A S, Mcewen
Mjs, Belton
H H, Breneman
S A, Fagents
P, Geissler
R, Greeley
J W, Head
G, Hoppa
W L, Jaeger
T V, Johnson
L, Keszthelyi
K P, Klaasen
R, Lopes-Gautier
K P, Magee
M P, Milazzo
J M, Moore
R T, Pappalardo
C B, Phillips
J, Radebaugh
G, Schubert
P, Schuster
D P, Simonelli
R, Sullivan
P C, Thomas
E P, Turtle
D A, Williams

And 6 more

Type

Published Article

Journal

Science

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Publication Date

May 18, 2000

Volume

288

Issue

5469

Pages

1193–1198

Source

SETI Institute

License

Unknown

Abstract

During late 1999/early 2000, the solid state imaging experiment on the Galileo spacecraft returned more than 100 high-resolution (5 to 500 meters per pixel) images of volcanically active Io. We observed an active lava lake, an active curtain of lava, active lava flows, calderas, mountains, plateaus, and plains. Several of the sulfur dioxide–rich plumes are erupting from distal flows, rather than from the source of silicate lava (caldera or fissure, often with red pyroclastic deposits). Most of the active flows in equatorial regions are being ...

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