Surface of Venus, observed by NASA's Magellan (Magalhães) spacecraft. (IMAGE)

Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon

Surface of Venus, observed by NASA's Magellan (Magalhães) spacecraft.

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Surface of Venus, observed by NASA's Magellan (Magalhães) spacecraft, which mapped the entire surface of the planet using radar in the early 1990s. Evidence of volcanic activity and impact craters is observed.

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