The volcano Pele erupts over the limb of Jupiter's moon Io in this composite image from the Galileo spacecraft.The plume rises about 200 miles (300 km) above the surface of Io, which is coated in sulfur compounds from hundreds of volcanoes. [NASA/JPL/USGS]
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