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1. Joe Renaud (spacetides@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 15:08:28 UTC Joe Renaud

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   You might have heard that the #tides that cause #Earth's #oceans to rise and fall twice each day are caused by our Moon, but did you know that the same #Physics has the power to flex & churn other worlds to the point of melting?

   Here is #Jupiter's moon #Io captured in the early 2000s by the Galileo spacecraft. It's surface looks really odd, so many different yellows, reds, and oranges. In the image a strange blue plume gives us a hint to what is going on...

   #Volcanoes! 🌋and lots of them!