Abstract
During late 1999/early 2000, the solid state imaging experiment on
the Galileo spacecraft returned more than 100 high-resolution (5
to 500 meters per pixel) images of volcanically active lo. We observed
an active Lava lake, an active curtain of lava, active Lava flows,
calderas, mountains, plateaus, and plains. Several of the sulfur
dioxide-rich plumes are erupting from distal flows, rather than from
the source of silicate Lava (caldera or fissure, often with red pyroclastic
deposits). Most of the active flows in equatorial regions are being
emplaced slowly beneath insulated crust, but rapidly emplaced channelized
flows are also found at all latitudes. There is no evidence for high-viscosity
Lava, but some bright flows may consist of sulfur rather than mafic
silicates. The mountains, plateaus, and calderas are strongly influenced
by tectonics and gravitational collapse. Sapping channels and scarps
suggest that many portions of the upper similar to 1 kilometer are
rich in volatiles.
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