Thursday, October 4, 2001

Its Christmastime on Io

The volcanic material reached the spacecraft no more than a few minutes after rushing out of the source vent on the ground. The particles are apparently snowflakes made of sulfur-dioxide molecules with as many as 15 to 20 molecules clumped together in each flake.
http://unisci.com/stories/20014/1005012.htm

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