Io keep the same face toward Jupiter as it revolve the planet . For this reasonableness , Jupiter appears to fall motionless in Io ’s sky . Just as the Earth ’s Moon does , Jupiter goes through phases as Io orb it . Here ’s a gallery showing the view from a fix in the northerly hemisphere during the path of a single twenty-four hour period . It ’s the variety of panorama future colonists might take for granted , but it ’s still pretty unbelievable for those of us who ’ve only ever experienced years on Earth .
1 . The sun has just come out from behind Jupiter while the thick atmosphere of the planet is shed light on in a glowing ring . ( See above )
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2 . A few hours later , the sun appears to have move to the right , light up the landscape bright .
3 . A little over ten hours into Io ’s day and Jupiter is in its first quartern phase .
4 . Halfway through the day , the sun is now behind us . We can see the midget shadow of Io on the cloudtops of Jupiter .
5 . Ten and a one-half hr subsequently and the Sunday has now set below Io ’s horizon . Jupiter is in its last quarter phase . A remote volcano has begun erupting and the gaseous state it is releasing into Io ’s lean atmosphere are glow in the dense radiation field that surrounds Jupiter and Io .
6 . Near the end of the daytime and the sun is just below the left horizon . It will be rising shortly only to disappear again behind Jupiter .
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