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Eruption on Io

Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Incredibly, New Horizons managed to capture a volcanic plume emanating from Io on February 28, 2007. The eruption from the volcano Tvashtar (seen at the top) produced a plume 200 miles (330 kilometers) high.

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