An animation of an eruption by the
Tvashtar Paterae volcanic region on the innermost of
Jupiter's
Galilean moons,
Io. The
ejecta plume is 330 km (205 mi) high, though only its uppermost half is visible in this image, as its source lies over the moon's limb on its far side. This animation consists of a sequence of five images taken by
NASA's
New Horizons probe on March 1, 2007, over the course of eight minutes from 23:50
UTC.
Photo credit: New Horizons probe