Eye? Oh!
This potato-y moon – complete with spots that look like eyes sprouting on a spud – is Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon. Our Juno spacecraft took this image of Jupiter's third largest moon during its 57th close pass of the gas giant.
If you look just above the line dividing light and dark (also known as the "terminator") at the bottom of the images, you'll see several mountain blocks rising above the surrounding plains. They're characterized by a central, sharp peak and side areas that appear to be collapsing toward the plains. The higher of these peaks range from 2.3 to 6.1 miles in elevation.
Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system. You can see this in the upper-left, where extremely large flow fields – areas where lava flows have been deposited – are visible. The most active flow regions are marked by their darker color.
Image description: Io is a deep, rusty red with a whitish cast over it. Yellow lava flows and white deposits mark the top portio...
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