Surface of Venus (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Surface of Venus

Caption

This is a projection of the radar data of Venus collected in 2012. Striking surface features -- like mountains and ridges -- are easily seen. The black diagonal band at the center represents areas too close to the Doppler 'equator' to obtain well-resolved image data.

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Credit: B. Campbell et al., NRAO/AUI/NSF, Arecibo

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