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Today, we present another video clip produced using Starry Night Pro's moviemaking tool. Starry Night visualizes the sky from the remote depths of space, far from Earth and even beyond the solar system. The moviemaking tool allows you to take images from Starry Night and create videos -- your way.

As volcanic hotspots go, its hard to surpass Jupiters moon Io.

Active volcanoes were first discovered on Jupiters innermost moon in the late 1970s when the robotic planetary probe Voyager 1 passed close by. An arc of light peeking above the moons rim in one image was first thought to be an unknown jovian moon mostly eclipsed by Io. In actuality, the arc was a volcanic plume reaching high above the planet-sized moons surface.

Ios constant eruptions are caused by its close proximity to the moon's monstrous parent planet, Jupiter. The gas giants powerful gravity continuously kneads the rocky moon like warm dough, heating its innards until they turn molten and burst through the thin crust.

Next Week: The phases of the Earth as seen from the Moon.