PIA26488: Surface Changes at Nusku Captured by NASA's Juno
 Target Name:  Io
 Is a satellite of:  Jupiter
 Mission:  Juno
 Spacecraft:  Juno
 Instrument:  JunoCam
 Product Size:  3584 x 2240 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
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NASA's Juno spacecraft captured these images showing surface changes at Nusku Patera (center in each sub-figure) on Jupiter's moon Io.

A red ring formed around Nusku Patera in the two months between the spacecraft's 58th flyby on Feb. 3, 2024, and its 60th on April 9, 2024. The ring obscures some nearby features like Creidne Patera. This ring, 683 miles (1,100 kilometers) wide is likely from a Pele-type plume rich in sulfur. Similar transient red rings were observed by NASA's Galileo mission around Grian Patera and Surt and were associated with intense but short-lived thermal "outburst" eruptions.

More information about Juno is at https://www.nasa.gov/juno and https://missionjuno.swri.edu.

Image Credit:
Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Image processing by Jason Perry

Image Addition Date:
2024-12-12