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Huge Volcanic Eruption Observed on Io

Posted by michael on from the things-that-go-boom dept.

minesweeper writes "Astronomers at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii recently monitored the largest volcanic eruption ever observed on Jupiter's moon Io. The eruption took place in February 2001, though image analysis was only recently completed by a team of University of California, Berkeley, astronomers. More info is available from the Berkeley press release, and an image is available here."

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  1. Re:I have... by Cervantes · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't consider this a troll, so much as a cry for help. If we're lucky, it's related to the AntiBiotic Resistant Staph Infection story.

    I'd make some oblique reference to Philip and Terrence, a la South Park, and the infamous "Not without my Anus" bit, wherein one of the canucks needs to have an anus transplant, but this nice person here might decide that they, too, need an anus transplant, and then they wouldn't be able to talk for a few weeks.

    (Dear Mods: No, I can't decide if this is funny, offtopic, or troll material either. I'd like to believe, a little bit of each =-) )

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    If I knew the wedgies I gave you back in 6th grade would have resulted in this . . . I might have taken a moments pause.