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Eruption of Pele Target Name:   Io Spacecraft:   Voyager 1 Produced by:   NASA/USGS Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Released:  27 February 2003 Related Documents Pele Volcano & Pillan Patera Io's Volcanic Features Io Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size iopele.jpg JPEG 640 x 458 35K iopele.jpg JPEG 1790 x 1282 128K iopele.tif TIFF 1790 x 1282 2M The eruption of Pele on Jupiter's moon Io. The volcanic plume rises 300 kilometers above the surface in an umbrella-like shape. The plume fallout covers an area the size of Alaska. The vent is a dark spot just north of the triangular-shaped plateau (right center).

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