The NASA spacecraft Galileo has detected volcanic activity in Gish Bar Patera's past, particularly in 1996, and a new eruption was detected by Galileo's near-infrared mapping spectrometer in August 2001.
A sonda Galileo detectou actividade volcánica no pasado recente de Gish Bar Patera, particularmente en 1996, e unha nova erupción foi detectada polos instrumentos de espectrometría infravermella da Galileo en agosto do 2001.