The image of Jupiter's moon Io was snapped from a distance.
The image, taken this past summer by the space agency's Juno spacecraft, shows incredible detail on the volcanically active surface.
Scientists think Io is covered in hundreds of volcanos, some of which have fountains of lava off the ground. It's the most active moon in the solar system.
There are new insights into Jupiter's fourth-largest moon.
The principal investigator for NASA's Juno spacecraft said to reporters on Wednesday that they can see volcanic hotspots. Over the course of the primary mission, we have been able to keep an eye on how this changes.
Several flybys of the planet's many moons have been done by Juno, which has been in Jupiter's elliptical path for the last six years.
Each close flyby has provided us with a wealth of new information. Jupiter sensors are designed to study Jupiter, but they can also be used to observe Jupiter's moons.
The ice on Jupiter's moons is thick. The temperature and purity of these ice shells were probed by its instruments to a depth of 15 miles below the surface.
The first of nine planned flybys will take place today and Io will be able to see the moon. According to NASA, it will be close for two of them.
Scientists will be able to complete the first ever high-resolution monitoring campaign to see how Io's many volcanoes interact with its magnetosphere.
We want to see the results.
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