The orbiter satellite Galileo IV has finally reached its destination. The first photos are of craters on the planet E24G.
The original thought was that it was a dormant planet. Volcanos are evident on the next photo with possible vegetation growing around it.
Around the equator all craters show no activity.
But near the pole region, one photo of a volcano actually shows what seems like lava flowing from it.
One interesting photo shows hills to the north of it with a valley south of it. There is discussion among the scientist on how this could have developed.
One photo that is yet to be analyzed by the scientist is yet to be determined how the outcropping of fingers on either side of the volcano was created. One thought is it is from erosion of possible water flowing at some time in the planet development.
Further updates will be released from NASA.
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