Kunyange zvazvo zvinoputika zvikuru, chiitiko chekuputika kwelava chinogona kungotora mazuva mashomanana kusvika kwevhiki, kuputika kunotungamirirwa nekuputika kunogona kupfuurira kwemavhiki kusvika kumwedzi, kubudisa guru, rakakura silicate lava inoyerera. Kuputika kukuru muna 1997 kubva pakaputsika kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kwePillan Patera kwakagadzira zvinopfuura 31 cubic kilometres (7.4 cu mi) yelava nyowani pamusoro pe 2 1⁄2- kusvika 5 1⁄2-mwedzi, uye gare gare yakafukidza pasi pePillan Patera. Kucherechedza kweGalileo kunoratidza kuti mapurisa ekufukidzira paPillan ari pakati pe1,000 ne3,000 square metres (11,000 ne32,000 sq ft) paminiti imwechete panguva yekuputika kwa1997. Kuyerera kwePillan kwakawanikwa kuva 10 m3 (3 ft) gobvu, zvichienzaniswa ne1 m3 (1 ft) gobvu mafashama akacherechedzwa paPillan Patera uye Prometheus.
Makiromita 31 (7.4 cubic mi)