Well-resolved far ultraviolet spectroscopic images of O I, S I, and previously undetected Lyman alpha emission from Io were obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS). Detected O I and S I lines (1250-1500Å) have bright equatorial spots (up to 2.5 kilorayleighs) that shift position with jovian magnetic field orientation; limb glow that is brighter on the hemisphere facing the jovian magnetic equator; and faint diffuse emission extending to ~20 Io radii. All O I and S I features brightened by ~50% in the last two images, concurrently with a ground-based observation of increased Iogenic [O I] 6300Å emission. The Lyman alpha emission, consisting of a small, ~2 kilorayleigh patch near each pole, has a different morphology and time variation.

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