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The Jupiter Gallery

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All images & text coutesy NSSDC

<< 12/12 < This view of Io was taken from a range of 862,200 kilometers (500,000 miles) by Voyager 1. It shows subspacecraft longitude of approximately 146 degrees. Circular features are seen that may be meteorite impact craters or features of internal origin. Irregular depressions are seen that indicate surface modification has taken place. The bright irregular patches appear to be younger deposits masking the surface detail.

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