NASA released a photo of Jupiter’s moon

According to ISNA, the strangest moon of the solar system is seen in this photo in bright yellow color. This photo, an attempt to show how the moon Io would appear in true colors visible to the average human eye, was taken in July 1999 by the Galileo spacecraft, which orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003. Io colors come from sulfur and molten silicate rock.

Io’s unusual surface has remained very young due to its active volcanic system. Jupiter’s strong meridional gravity pulls on Io and dampens the wobbles from Jupiter’s other Galilean moons. The resulting friction greatly heats Io’s interior and causes molten rock to explode from its surface.

Io’s volcanoes are so active that they practically overturn the entire moon. Some of Io’s lava is so hot that it glows in the dark.