Io
During one of it's flybys, the Galileo spacecraft shot a series of images that, due to the motion of the spacecraft, can be combined into a stereo image.  Due to the time between the shots, Io has rotated a bit, and the features are a little closer to the terminator.  Taking that into account, focus on the left side of the image, and you can see the "sphereness" of the moon, and get a pretty good feeling for the location of the two bluish volcanic plumes visible in the photo.  Click on the image for a larger view.

Source page:  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/images/io/ioplume.html



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