Loki Patera isn’t the first lava lake scientists have spotted on Io; previous spacecraft, including Galileo (RIP) have also sent home images of similar features, but Juno’s pics are the ...

Meanwhile, Loki Patera is another spot with hot and cold extremes. While the lava lake itself is likely very hot, the top of the islands are probably very cold, and a cold crust may rim the edges ...

Loki Patera might sound like the name of a Norse god's heavy metal band, but it is actually a lake made of lava located on one of Jupiter's moons, Io.On Sunday NASA scientists released a new ...

Looking Into Io’s Loki Patera (Artist’s Concept) Another striking concept video (below) shows a structure called Steeple Mountain, which spikes dramatically from the surface and is between 3 ...

NASA says it has discovered a lake of lava on Io’s surface. The lake was discovered using data from Juno’s most recent flyby of the volcanic moon.This week, NASA even released an animation of ...

Loki Patera is a prominent feature of Io, but you've never seen it like this. By Ryan Whitwam April 24, 2024 ...

It's nonetheless a gorgeous rendition of what the view would look like if one were to stand on the shores of the moon's 124-mile-long Loki Patera, a magma-filled lake dotted with islands.

There are over 400 volcanos on Io, the largest for a long while has been Loki Patera, a lava lake of 20,000 square kilometers (7,000 square miles). But during the latest flyby, ...

This JunoCam image of Loki Patera (right of centre) was captured in February 2024 during Juno's 58th flyby of Jupiter. The brightness of the feature is caused by sunlight reflecting off the solid ...