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The gravitational pull of it's elliptical orbit around Jupiter flexes the moon and creates friction and volcanic activity. It is the highest volcanic body in solar system.

when hot lava from it's volcanoes encounters frozen deposits of sulfur and sulfur dioxide creating huge plumes.

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tidal stresses from both Jupiter and Europa

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