An umbrella-shaped plume detected above Io confirms that Io is volcanically active. Preliminary analyses of eight such eruptive plumes are presented.
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Strom, R., Terrile, R., Masursky, H. et al. Volcanic eruption plumes on Io. Nature 280, 733–736 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/280733a0
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