Mesmerizing new NASA image shows the lava on one of Jupiter's moons that helps form the massive planet's auroras

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured an infrared image of Jupiter's moon Io from 50,000 miles away.

NASA's Juno mission captured an infrared view of Io in July.Io is our solar system's most volcanically-active body, and its surface is peppered with lava lakes.NASA's Juno spacecraft captured anIn the image, taken on July 5 and released on Wednesday, you can see the shapes of lava flows and lava lakes as bright red spots.

"You can see volcanic hotspots. We've been able to monitor over the course of the primary mission — over 30 orbits — how this changes and evolves,"

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