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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. I have... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...a huge volcanic eruption

    --- IN MY PANTS!

    1. Re:I have... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Yeah, and there's a huge crater.

      --- HERE!