Nasa Spacecraft Capture Video Approaching a Volcanic

The space agency's far-off Juno mission, which is hundreds of millions of miles away from Jupiter in orbit, has been getting closer and closer to Io, the moon of Jupiter, which is the planet in our solar system with the most active volcano. Recently, Juno completed its fifty-fifth orbit around Jupiter, passing almost 7,270 miles (11,700 kilometers) from the surface of Io—that is, nearly skimming the planet in space—because 7,270 miles is more than three times closer than several significant US weather satellites.

These photos were taken on October 15 and returned to Earth the next day by NASA's Juno mission. Professional and amateur image processors, some of whom work for NASA or allied space research programs, process these views, removing things like noise and distortion.

ALSO VIEWED: Discovering a surprise wheBecause Io is constantly engaged in a tug-of-war with other surrounding objects, it is covered in exploding volcanoes. "Not only is the biggest planet in the solar system forever pulling at it gravitationally, but so are Io’s Galilean siblings — Europa and the biggest moon in the solar system, Ganymede," said NASA in a statement. "The result is that Io is continuously stretched and squeezed, actions linked to the creation of the lava seen erupting from its many volcanoes."

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