Voyager's past and future at the edge of the solar system (photos)

by Andy Smith  |  January 23, 2012  |  Image 5 of 24

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Here's a closer look at an inactive volcano on Io. The moon has about 100 times the volcanic activity as Earth.

Scientists made another major discovery on Io, called the Io torus, a ring of ionized sulfur and oxygen which comes from the moon and adds to Jupiter's magnetic field.

 

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