File:Venus2 mag big.png

Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 240 × 240 pixels | 480 × 480 pixels | 656 × 656 pixels.

Original file ‎(656 × 656 pixels, file size: 344 KB, MIME type: image/png)

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

Summary

Beneath Venus' Clouds

Description

English: If the thick clouds covering Venus were removed, how would the surface appear? Using an imaging radar technique, the Magellan spacecraft was able to lift the veil from the Face of Venus and produce this spectacular high resolution image of the planet's surface. Red, in this false-color map, represents mountains, while blue represents valleys. This 3-kilometer resolution map is a composite of Magellan images compiled between 1990 and 1994. Gaps were filled in by the Earth-based Arecibo Radio Telescope. The large yellow/red area in the north is Ishtar Terra featuring Maxwell Montes, the largest mountain on Venus. The large highland regions are analogous to continents on Earth. Scientists are particularly interested in exploring the geology of Venus because of its similarity to Earth.

Русский: Примерно так выглядела бы поверхность Венеры, если б мы могли удалить её атмосферу. Изображение было получено с помощью компиляции данных с аппарата "Магеллан" за 1990-1994 годы. Красный цвет показывает высокие участки, синий - низкие. Жёлто-зелёные островки аналогичны континентам на Земле.

Čeština: Radarový snímek v nepravých barvách povrchu Venuše. Barvy byly změněny pro lepší rozlišitelnost jednotlivých útvarů.

Source

Image from NASA website, and converted to PNG format

Author

Magellan Team, JPL, NASA.

Other versions

File:Venus Topo 0 East, 772-,663,-109.jpg

Licensing

	This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
	Warnings: Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 14 CFR 1221. The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain. Materials based on Hubble Space Telescope data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the STScI.[1] See also {{PD-Hubble}} and {{Cc-Hubble}}. The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2] Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [3] The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content. Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."

Annotations

This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:42, 17 December 2010	656 × 656 (344 KB)	LobStoR	Reverted to version as of 08:46, 11 June 2006 -- nevermind, looked terrible
	17:40, 17 December 2010	656 × 656 (281 KB)	LobStoR	transparency
	08:46, 11 June 2006	656 × 656 (344 KB)	BillC	===Beneath Venus' Clouds=== If the thick clouds covering Venus were removed, how would the surface appear? Using an imaging radar technique, the Magellan spacecraft was able to lift the veil from the Face of Venus and produce this spectacular high resolu