BY -srushti sharma
The Juno spacecraft of NASA has taken a magnificent new image of Jupiter and its lava-filled moon Io
This image was captured by Juno as it flew by Io in preparation for its 53rd close flyby of Jupiter the following day
With Jupiter in the foreground, the image shows the gas giant's colorful cloud bands and swirling patches up close
Io's background sliver provides a clear view of the moon's molten- red surface
Alain Mirón Velázquez, a citizen scientist developed this stunning image using unprocessed data from the JunoCam instrument by improving the celestial planets' contrast, colour, and clarity
There are 92 moons in all orbiting Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. The fourth-largest moon in the solar system and Jupiter's fifth moon, Io, is just marginally bigger than the moon of Earth
The solar system's most volcanically active body is Io, which has hundreds of volcanoes that frequently erupt with molten lava and shoot plumes of sulphurous gas hundreds of miles into space
Recent near flybys of Io have made it possible for researchers to learn even more about the volcanic moon's tormented surface
Since 2007, Juno has given scientists the best looks at Io, and during even closer encounters in late 2023 and early 2024, the spacecraft will collect further photographs and data from its suite of scientific instruments