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Galileo offers stunning views of Jupiter and moons
October 17, 1996
Web posted at: 11:30 p.m. EDT(CNN) -- As Galileo tours Jupiter and its moons, the spacecraft continues to transmit stunning pictures back to Earth.
New images include spectacular views of impact craters and ice floes on the moon Europa, and the Great Red Spot.
Other highlights from Galileo's growing photo album: Volcanoes on the moon Io and cracks and grooves on the moons Europa and Ganymede, indicators of earthquake activity.
Scientists studying the images and data sent back from Galileo are publishing their findings in this week's edition of the Journal of Science.
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