Approaching Iapetus - what makes it two-faced?

[vogon13]

If the 'elliptical straggler' coda to the ring hypothesis explains the intermittent nature of the Voyager Mountains (instead of subsequent cratering damage) rings are confirmed.<br /><br />Literally the first good picture of the some of the Voyager Mountains and we will know for sure.<br /><br />Additionally, geological (Iapetalogical, that's a good one !) theories don't seem to have a chance of explaining the trifurcation of the ridge. Inclined elements in a ring, axial shift of Iapetus during emplacement, or a second bout of ringage and emplacement from a subsequently disrupted inclined sub moon, not only explains the trifurcation, but also requires the 2 attendents to diverge on great circle paths, at precisely the same angle, and to indentical emplaced volumes.<br /><br />Which, by the way, is exactly what we see in the pictures we already have.<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[vogon13]

(yeah, rings are a pretty safe bet at this point)<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[3488]

Updates everyone.<br /><br />Images taken with Cassini's ultraviolet imaging spectrograph shed some light on <br />the dark side of Saturn's moon Iapetus. Scientists are trying to figure out what painted I<br />apetus' dark side. <br />This is one of the biggest mysteries scientists are trying to answer during the <br />upcoming Sept. 10, 2007, flyby. <br /><br />The ultraviolet image on the left indicates water ice abundance across the surface: <br />the bright north polar terrain (shown in red) is the iciest region in this view. Away from <br />the pole, as the color shifts to blue, less water ice is present in the surface. <br />The darkest terrain, which includes very little water ice, is shown in light blue. <br />The dark sky background viewed during the observation is shown as purple in this color scheme. <br /><br />The ultraviolet-light image was taken during a flyby in December 2004. <br />A visible light image taken on the same date is shown on the right for <br />reference (see PIA06166). <br /><br />The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European <br />Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.<br /><br />The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of <br />Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission <br />Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and<br /> assembled at JPL. The ultraviolet imaging spectrograph was designed and built at, <br />and the team is based at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The imaging <br />operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. <br /><br />For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit <br />http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm. The ultraviolet imaging <br />spectrograph team home page is at http://lasp.colorado.edu/cassini. <br />The Cassini imaging team <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Map of Iapetus showing coverage.<br /><br />This map of the surface of Iapetus, generated from images taken by NASA's <br />Cassini and Voyager spacecraft, illustrates the imaging coverage planned for <br />Cassini's very close flyby of the two-toned moon on Sept. 10, 2007.<br /> This flyby will be Cassini's only close approach to Iapetus (1,468 kilometers, <br />or 912 miles across) during the entire planned mission. <br /><br />At closest approach, Cassini will be 1,640 kilometers (1,020 miles) above the <br />surface of Iapetus. The spacecraft will pass the moon at a speed of about 2.4 kilometers <br />(1.5 miles) per second--a<br />relatively leisurely pace that will allow plenty of time for the scientific instruments <br />on board to collect massive amounts of data. <br /><br />Cassini's previous encounter with Iapetus, on Dec. 31, 2004, focused on the <br />mysterious territory in Cassini Regio, the region blanketed by dark material<br /> that covers most of the moon's leading hemisphere. The upcoming encounter <br />will be primarily concerned with terrain farther west, in the important transition <br />region between Cassini Regio and the bright trailing hemisphere. Scientists <br />hope to learn a great deal more about the composition of the materials that <br />compose the surface of Iapetus during this encounter. <br /><br />Another area of focus is the large equatorial ridge that overlies the moon's<br /> equator (see PIA06166). The ridge reaches 20 kilometers (12 miles) <br />high in some places and extends over 1,300 kilometers (808 miles) in length. <br />No other moon in the solar system has a geological feature like this striking ridge. <br />The tallest mountains on the ridge rival Olympus Mons on Mars, which is <br />approximately three times the height of Mt. Everest. Such giant mountains <br />are a surprising feature for such a small body as Iapetus, which is nearly <br />five times smaller tha <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Thank you very much jaxtraw, I will approach Zen.<br /><br />I am just getting fed up with British Telecom at the moment. It is unreliable & <br />with the upcoming<br />Iapetus encounter & the improving situation with the MERs, I need to<br />have a reliable service.<br /><br />New Iapetus approach image.<br /><br />A very slender crescent, but from quite a bit closer.<br /><br />Cassini Spacecraft was 1,025,448 kilometers away from Iapetus.<br /><br />Taken & received: Wednesday 5th September 2007.<br /><br />NASA / JPL.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

A further blowup & enhancement of above.<br /><br />Cassini Spacecraft was 1,025,448 kilometers away from Iapetus.<br /><br />Wednesday 5th September 2007.<br /><br />NASA / JPL.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

We are closing in now. <br /><br />Iapetus was 895,619 kilometers away from Cassini, when this mug shot was obtained. <br /><br />Just reposted yesterday's picture, as that one was not any good.<br /><br />Will be checking tonight for today's images (assuming Cassini took any).<br /><br />Any guesses?? About 680,000 KM is mine <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />Only Saturday & Sunday are left before the long awaited close encounter!!!<br /><br />Although still a slim crescent, Iapetus will be showing more detail.<br /><br />Thursday 6th September 2007. <br /><br />NASA / JPL. <br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[jaxtraw]

Despite not knowing what precisely a tenterhook is, I seem to be on them, whatever they are <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <br /><br />Do we know when the images will start to be released?

 

[anthmartian]

i just woke up, then i just spat my coffee out while checking out the Cassini raw images section!<br /><br />I quickly downloaded a set of three images and put together this colour view.<br /><br />The images were taken on September 07, 2007 and received on Earth September 07, 2007. The camera was pointing toward IAPETUS at approximately 693,523 kilometers away.<br /><br />For those of you who cannot wait, the image is also on my website here, among a lot of other fantastic Cassini stuff from recent times.<br /><br />http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em>"Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star, or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"</em></font></p><p><font color="#33cccc"><strong>Han Solo - 1977 - A long time ago in a galaxy far far away....</strong></font></p><p><br /><br />Click Here And jump over to my site.<br /></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Post deleted by 3488 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Post deleted by 3488 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Thank you very much, I too chocked on my tea when I looked at your site. <br /><br />I hope you do not mind Anthmartian, I have downloaded, cropped & enlarged your <br />excellent image. <br /><br />Wow, my prediction about distance was almost spot on & already, many surface features are <br />beginning to show, despite the very high phase angle. <br /><br />Clearly Cassini Regio makes up most of the crescent with the lighter trailing hemisphere <br />towards the top horn of the crescent. <br /><br />Once again, thank you very much Anthmartian. Your image is far superior to my crappy <br />attempts, & I mean that too. <br /><br />I seem to have lost image approval, for some reason.<br /><br />Image below. Crescent Iapetus. <br /><br />NASA / JPL / Anthmartian. <br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Enhancement of monochrome image of Iapetus from 693,523 kilometres.<br /><br />Friday 7th September 2007.<br /><br />NASA / JPL.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[vogon13]

{picture approval seems to be out for everyone}<br /><br />{EGAD !! Just before the Iapetus flyby !! OMG !!}<br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[anthmartian]

Andrew, am looking forward to seeing your images. Of course i don't mind you downloading/enhancing. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />It was a real pleasant suprise seeing those raw images this morning. Fingers crossed we get a steady stream of them up to and beyond the encounter. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em>"Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star, or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"</em></font></p><p><font color="#33cccc"><strong>Han Solo - 1977 - A long time ago in a galaxy far far away....</strong></font></p><p><br /><br />Click Here And jump over to my site.<br /></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Post deleted by 3488 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Hi vogon13 & Anthmartian. <br /><br />It is disastrous if images cannot be posted on here. <br /><br />I've noticed the Image Approval thread has gone from Suggestions & Announcements. <br /><br />Perhaps image posting is to stop????? <br /><br />Hope not. <br /><br />Anyway, we can still look at the Cassini Site & Anthmartian's excellent website <br />for the newest & best images. <br /><br />http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth <br /><br />I have just looked for more images, but no new Iapetus images are posted. <br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[telfrow]

Guys:<br /><br />There is currently an issue with the image approval system. More information will be posted as soon as possible. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[jaxtraw]

Maybe it's part of the pan-scientific conspiracy to prevent pictures of alien anomalies being seen by the public!<br /><br /><br />*joking*<br /><br />Seriously though- if there's an image posting problem here for a while, I'm sure we'd all be grateful for just links to images at the Cassini site or other places that will serve to aid fruitful discussion <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[silylene old]

I want to compare the N-S orientations of Iapetus pyramid complex to the Cydonian ruins to verify my theories of Iapetian polar wandering; and I want to compare the the holes in the ceiling of the the alien circumferential equitorial tube transport train (which is embedded in the equitorial ridge) with the Martian cave holes, which are thought to be entrances to the Martian transportation system. As a reasonable person, I reject the theory that the Martian holes were formed by extinct sandworms, and I am certain that the Iapetian pictures will prove that I am correct, since we all know that it is impossible that the Martian sandworms could have survived on Iapetus.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[anthmartian]

I have just posted a slightly enhanced approach view of Iapetus on my site.<br /><br />http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth<br /><br />Image was taken on September 08, 2007 and received on Earth September 08, 2007. The camera was pointing toward IAPETUS at approximately 491,303 kilometers away.<br /><br />The moon is growing now in cassini's sights, it must look fantastic now 24 hours on again from when this image was taken.<br /><br />No signs of pyramids, or sand worms on this image <br /><br />( However, i have been paid hush money! ......did i say that out loud??? ) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em>"Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star, or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"</em></font></p><p><font color="#33cccc"><strong>Han Solo - 1977 - A long time ago in a galaxy far far away....</strong></font></p><p><br /><br />Click Here And jump over to my site.<br /></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Thank you very much Anthmartian. <br /><br />Iapetus look really impressive now, less than 500,000 KM away & closing.<br /><br />http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth <br /><br />On your image, the Voyager Mountains are now clearly visible.<br /><br />Of course the Cassini Regio is mostly in darkness during<br />this encounter & will be interesting to<br />compare the lighter trailling hemisphere with the dark leading hemisphere & if the<br />Voyager Mountains continue onto the trailing hemisphere.<br /><br />The giant basin containing the landslide is visible on the terminator.<br /><br />As you say, imagine now, 24 hours on, the view will be sharper still.<br /><br />Thank you very much.<br /><br />I too will keep a look out.<br /><br />Perhaps we will find the sand worms & pyramids yet silylene (damn I will <br />loose my hush money now & I'll have to work for a living). <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> .<br /><br />The Sythetic Aperture Radar will be used to image a large swathe. This is may appear<br />a little strange, but it will image a region alrady imaged including some of the Voyager Mountains,<br />impact craters & a large impact basin.<br /><br />This is to assist with the validation of the interpretations of the SAR images of Titan. <br />Titan has been very poorly seen<br />with the cameras, due to the smog, so the SAR images remain by far the best we have.<br />The Iapetus SAR images will assist in that interpretation<br />of the SAR Titan images.<br /><br />Not only that, the SAR Iapetus images will also reveal the precise altitudes of the Voyager <br />Mountains & the precise elevations of the imaged area.<br /><br />Not to mention the 10 metre reso pictures!!!! <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />This is going to be one hell of an encounter.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[jaxtraw]

If Cassini Regio is in darkness, can we hope for some good evidence regarding the "ring hypothesis"?

 

[vogon13]

Yes. Manner of formation of Voyager Mountains is hoped to be evident in the close ups.<br /><br />Volcanic and tectonic features should be readily identifiable. Should the mountains look 'novel', we might want to consider the ring idea (and particularly the 'elliptical stragglers').<br /><br /><br />{By novel, perhaps a 'heap' that has identifiably accreted from a stream of materiel emplaced horizontally from the west. There should be a correlation of elevations and positions along the equator too, although determning precise altitudes on a 'lumpy' object like Iapetus might take some detailed photo analysis. Discontinuous nature of ridge structure west of the start of the trifurcated region might not be subsequent crater damage. Rather, it might be a characteristic of ring deposition.}<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[3488]

Wow this is getting amazing!!!!!!! <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />Iapetus from: 208,378 KM.<br /><br />Cassini Spacecraft.<br /><br />Sunday 9th September 2007.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>