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[-] mkwarman@lemmy.mkwarman.com 18 points 1 year ago

For anyone else curious about the blue and red areas above Io: "The image shows a major eruption in progress on Io's night side, at the northern volcano Tvashtar. Incandescent lava glows red beneath a high volcanic plume, whose uppermost portions are illuminated by sunlight. The plume appears blue due to scattering of light by small particles in the plume."

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

That's so cool. I didn't realise we had pictures like this.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

That's FUCKING SICK

[-] rem26_art@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

yo thats so cool. I think these space probes are some of the coolest things Humanity has made.

Also fun fact for anyone, one of the processors in the New Horizons probe is based on the MIPS R3000, which also ran the original Playstation

[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't make it any less cool, but this is a false color composite image make from a bunch of shots stitched together.

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