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Salt Volcanoes on Io

An anonymous reader writes "Johns Hopkins astronomers trying to resolve the 30 year mystery of how one of Jupiter's moons generates its swirling clouds of charged particles have found their answer. The stunningly colorful moon, called Io, has a pillar of salt that spews from its volcanic surface."

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  1. Told ya by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dammit Lot, I told you not to look back!

  2. So, that's where she is... by Arthur+Dent · · Score: 3, Funny
    I had always wondered why nobody had found Lot's Wife.

    It all becomes clear now :).