NASA's Earth telescope captures miraculous photo of Jupiter's Monn Io, watch giant lava lake of its volcano

Taking pictures of outer space, and its objects like the moon and the sun is always an interesting ordeal, but if a picture is taken right from the earth of an out-worldly object that beats even the ones taken from outer space itself, things get much more interesting.

In a recent incident, a telescope perched on top of a mountain in Arizona successfully captured Jupiter's moon and the outcome is so accurate that even the pictures taken from space have been given a run for their money.

Accuracy of pictures of Jupiter's Moon

According to 'Yahoo News', the pictures of Jupiter's moon are so accurate that they could identify deposits of lava on the moon's surface due to two active volcanoes in the region which caused the lava to overlap deposits.

Elegant picture of Moon Io

The team that was responsible for capturing the splendid view of Jupiter's moon used a SHARK-VIS camera, which was installed atop a Large Binocular Telescope and when the moon was observed through the telescope, it was captured through the state-of-the-art, high-resolution camera. The entire apparatus was placed on Arizona's Mt. Graham, which was of the adequate height from which Jupiter's moon Io could be spotted.

Upon the snapshot, it was observed that the moon's surface was undergoing rapid surface changes. Moon Io due to the presence of multiple volcanoes on its surface, is one of the most volcanically active bodies in the entire solar system, as per the research till now. The rapid surface changes that occur can be due to the volcanic lava that resides on the moon's surface.

FAQs:

Is Jupiter a part of the solar system?
Yes, Jupiter is indeed a part of the solar system much like the Earth, Mercury, Venus and other planets of the solar system surrounding the sun.

Is Moon Io's Jupiter's natural satellite?
Jupiter has numerous moons around it and Moon Io is one of them. Recently a picture of Moon Io was captured from the Earth that showed resurfacing on its surface due to volcanic activity.