Jupiter’s moon Io floats above the cloudtops of Jupiter. This image is deceiving: there are 350,000 kilometers - roughly 2.5 Jupiters - between Io and Jupiter’s clouds. Io is about the size of our own moon.

Jupiter’s moon Io floats above the cloudtops of Jupiter. This image is deceiving: there are 350,000 kilometers - roughly 2.5 Jupiters - between Io and Jupiter’s clouds. Io is about the size of our own moon.

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    It’s amazing that this is out there, and that we’ve gotten to the point where we’re able to take pictures of them. The...
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    Jupiter is fucking massive, so when this says “2.5 Jupiters,” it means business.
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  15. kimbliboo said: All of the servers on our home network are named after jupiter’s moons.. We have io, europa, callisto and ganymede. it’s well sad.
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