page_title: List of extraterrestrial volcanoes
section_title: Io
hierarchical_section_title: List of extraterrestrial volcanoes / Io
caption_attribution_description: English: The detection of very-high-temperature volcanism—hotter than any terrestrial lavas currently erupting—is one of the most spectacular discoveries by the Galileo mission at Io. The images are of an area called Tvashtar and show curtains of lava fountains erupting on the surface. They were taken by the Galileo spacecraft on November 26, 1999. The active region is approximately 25 km (15.5 miles) long and 1 km (0.6 mile) high. The radiant energy emitted from the lava curtain was so intense that it overpowered the camera's detector and it is registered only in white.
context_page_description: This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes located beyond planet Earth. They may be designated mons, patera or tholus in accordance with the International Astronomical Union's rules for planetary nomenclature. Many of them are nameless.
context_section_description: Io, a moon of the planet Jupiter, is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System. Its volcanoes are believed to eject sulfur and sulfur dioxide, as well as basaltic and ultramafic silicate lavas.
caption: Lava flow at Tvashtar Paterae
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