Posted on 08/03/2013 10:20:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Like the downtown area of your favorite city and any self-respecting web site ... Io's surface is constantly under construction. This moon of Jupiter holds the distinction of being the Solar System's most volcanically active body -- its bizarre looking surface continuously formed and reformed by lava flows. Generated using 1996 data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft, this high resolution composite image is centered on the side of Io that always faces away from Jupiter. It has been enhanced to emphasize Io's surface brightness and color variations, revealing features as small as 1.5 miles across. The notable absence of impact craters suggests that the entire surface is covered with new volcanic deposits much more rapidly than craters are created. What drives this volcanic powerhouse? A likely energy source is the changing gravitational tides caused by Jupiter and the other Galilean moons as Io orbits the massive gas giant planet. Heating Io's interior, the pumping tides would generate the sulfurous volcanic activity.
(Excerpt) Read more at 129.164.179.22 ...
LOL!
Dang that's fast, it even done blown a coma off the speed!
I use the non collapsing atom often to describe Him.
The nucleus primarily positive circled by negative electrons ... should collapse into itself (unlike poles attract .. etc.)
The Ionians are Tough on a Major Scale.
It’s Just Their Mode of Thinking.
Sure fire is cuzin! Much obliged fer bringing it to my attention.
Just funning, I make a typo about every third post :)
IOS Surface? What about the iPad ??
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.