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Io's Lava Lakes Like Early Earth?
Summary: Jupiters volcanic moon, Io, spews pillars of salt
into its atmosphere, at the rate of about two tons per second. The layers of
purgatory brew up often enough to make Io by far the most volcanically active
body in the solar system. A single volcano on Io may release a hundred times
more lava than all earthly counterparts combined. Volcanologists are now looking
to Jupiter's moon for clues to what the early Earth might have
resembled.
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