PIA00096: 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 most of Galindo (V-40) quadrangle looking east; Atete Corona, in the foreground, is a 600-km-long and about 450-km-wide, circular volcano-tectonic feature.
 Target Name:  Venus
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Magellan 
 Spacecraft:  Magellan
 Instrument:  Imaging Radar 
 Product Size:  723 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:  PIA00096.tif (225.6 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00096.jpg (63.99 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

The view shows most of Galindo (V-40) quadrangle looking east; Atete Corona, in the foreground, is a 600-km-long and about 450-km-wide, circular volcano-tectonic feature. Coronae are believed to form over hot upwellings of magma within the Venusian mantle.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/USGS

Image Addition Date:
1998-06-03