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Image taken on 9/7/96.Volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are compared in these images from Galileo (right) and Voyager (left).Prometheus (bright ring in upper right) was first seen as an erupting volcano by Voyager and still features an active plume.A smaller active plume was discovered at the volcano Culann Patera (dark feature at lower left ) by Galileo. P-47972
D = 487,000 km (Galileo) 800,000 km(Voyager)
Res = 5 km
Size = 1370 x 1635 km
Center = 10° S 157° W
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