NASA shares photo of Red-Hot Lava on Jupiter's Moon

BY A STAFF REPORTER: NASA's Juno spacecraft captured an infrared image of Jupiter's moon Io from 50,000 miles away. Flowing lava along with lava lakes can be seen as bright red patches in the image, which was captured on July 5. 

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NASA had announced that its Juno mission is scheduled to obtain images of the Jovian moon Io on December 15 as part of its continuing exploration of Jupiter's inner moons.