PIA00095: Three-dimensional perspective views of Venusian Terrains composed of reduced resolution left-looking synthetic-aperture radar images merged with altimetry data from the Magellan spacecraft.
The view from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows part of Galindo (V40) quadrangle looking north; Nagavonyi Corona is in the foreground. Coronae are roughly circular, volcanic features believed to form over hot upwellings of magma within the Venusian mantle.
 Target Name:  Venus
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Magellan 
 Spacecraft:  Magellan
 Instrument:  Imaging Radar 
 Product Size:  647 x 425 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  U.S. Geological Survey 
 Addition Date:  1998-06-03 
 Primary Data Set:  Magellan MIDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00095.tif (268.7 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00095.jpg (68.45 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

The view shows part of Galindo (V40) quadrangle looking north; 200 km wide Nagavonyi Corona is in the foreground. Coronae are roughly circular, volcanic features believed to form over hot upwellings of magma within the Venusian mantle. A 2-km shield volcano behind the corona partly buries the Phoebo Regio highlands (shown as radar-bright mounds).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/USGS

Image Addition Date:
1998-06-03