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Science 1 June 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4396, p. 972
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4396.972
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Discovery of Currently Active Extraterrestrial Volcanism

L. A. MORABITO 1, S. P. SYNNOTT 1, P. N. KUPFERMAN 1, and STEWART A. COLLINS 1

1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91103

Two volcanic plumes were discovered on an image of Io taken as part of the Voyager optical navigation effort. This is the first evidence of active volcanism on any body in the solar system other than Earth.

Submitted on April 25, 1979

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