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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-02-27 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
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Details in radiation belts close to Jupiter are mapped from measurements that NASA's Cassini spacecraft made of radio emission from high-energy electrons moving at nearly the speed of light within the belts.
PIA03478:
Inner Radiation Belts of Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-08-27 Venus Magellan
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Radar System
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The images used for the base of this globe show the northern and southern hemispheres of Venus as revealed by more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in the 1990-1994 NASA Magellan mission.
PIA03167:
Venus Hemispherical Globes (with place names)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-15 Venus Magellan
 Arecibo Radar Data
Radar System
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The images used for the base of this globe show the northern and southern hemispheres of Venus as revealed by more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in the 1990-1994 NASA Magellan mission.
PIA03151:
Venus Hemispherical Globes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-20 Earth RadarSat
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NASA researchers have insights into the mysteries of Arctic sea ice, thanks to the unique abilities of Canada's Radarsat satellite.
PIA02971:
Comparative Views of Arctic Sea Ice Growth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-20 Earth RadarSat
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NASA researchers have insights into the mysteries of Arctic sea ice, thanks to the unique abilities of Canada's Radarsat satellite in this view of the global arctic.
PIA02970:
Global View of the Arctic Ocean
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a vertical gravity map of Mars color-coded in mgals based on radio tracking. Note correlations and lack of correlations with the global topography.
PIA02054:
Mars Gravity Map (RS)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.572 MB)     JPEG (618.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This radar image of the Washington, D.C. area demonstrates the capability of imaging radar as a useful tool for urban planners and managers to map and monitor land use patterns.
PIA01303:
Space Radar Image of Washington, D.C.
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.622 MB)     JPEG (1.396 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, is a look westward across the Fortuna Tessera toward the slopes of Maxwell Montes.
PIA00316:
Looking Westward Across the Fortuna Tessera (Right Member of a Synthetic Stereo Pair)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.614 MB)     JPEG (283.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, is a look westward across the Fortuna Tessera toward the slopes of Maxwell Montes.
PIA00315:
Looking Westward Across the Fortuna Tessera (Left Member of a Synthetic Stereo Pair)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.643 MB)     JPEG (283.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows part of the lowland plains in Sedna Planitia.
PIA00314:
Sedna Planitia (Right Member of a Synthetic Stereo Pair)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows part of the lowland plains in Sedna Planitia. Circular depressions with associated fracture patterns, called 'coronae.'
PIA00313:
Sedna Planitia (Left Member of a Synthetic Stereo Pair)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.568 MB)     JPEG (270.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows the impact crater Markham, named after the English aviator Beryl Markham.
PIA00312:
Magellan's View of Crater Markham, 0° N, 163° E
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows the boundary between the lowland plains and characteristic Venusian highland terrain in Ovda Region.
PIA00311:
Magellan's Perspective View of Ovda Regio, 0° S, 129° E
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows the boundary between the lowland plains and characteristic Venusian highland terrain in Ovda Regio.
PIA00310:
Magellan's Perspective View of Ovda Regio, 0° N, 129° E
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.734 MB)     JPEG (606.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows the boundary between the lowland plains and characteristic Venusian highland terrain in Ovda Regio.
PIA00309:
Magellan's Perspective View of Ovda Regio, 0° N, 77° E
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.144 MB)     JPEG (581.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows part of the lowlands to the north of Ovda Regio. The prominent topographic feature is a shield volcano.
PIA00308:
Magellan's Perspective View of Ovda Regio, 15° N, 77° E
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.113 MB)     JPEG (469.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows part of the lowland plains in Sedna Planitia.
PIA00307:
Magellan's Perspective View of Sedna Planitia, 45° N, 11° E
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows part of Sedna Planitia and illustrates a common phenomenon of the lowland plains of Venus.
PIA00306:
Magellan's Perspective View of Sedna Planitia, 45° N, 350° E
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2 MB)     JPEG (294.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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The view of Venus, after more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in the 1990-1994 NASA Magellan mission, is centered at 270 degrees east longitude.
PIA00160:
Hemispheric View of Venus Centered at 270° East Longitude
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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The view of Venus, after more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in the 1990-1994 NASA Magellan mission, is centered at 180 degrees east longitude.
PIA00159:
Hemispheric View of Venus Centered at 180° East Longitude
Full Resolution:     TIFF (41.1 MB)     JPEG (4.518 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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The hemispheric view of Venus, as revealed by more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in NASA's 1990-1994 Magellan mission, is centered at 90 degrees east longitude.
PIA00158:
Hemispheric View of Venus Centered at 90 Degrees East Longitude
Full Resolution:     TIFF (41.14 MB)     JPEG (4.713 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
 Imaging Radar
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The hemispheric view of Venus, as revealed by more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in NASA's 1990-1994 Magellan mission, is centered at 0 degrees east longitude.
PIA00157:
Hemispheric View of Venus Centered at 0 Degrees East Longitude
Full Resolution:     TIFF (39.63 MB)     JPEG (4.282 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Venus Magellan
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The view from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows a 100-km-wide nova superposed on Yavine Corona. Coronae are roughly circular, volcanic features believed to form over hot upwellings of magma within the Venusian mantle.
PIA00150:
Nova Superposed on Yavine Corona
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-03 Venus Magellan
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The view from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows Yavine Corona, looking northeast. Coronae are roughly circular, volcanic features believed to form over hot upwellings of magma within the Venusian mantle.
PIA00098:
Close-up View of Yavine Corona
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-03 Venus Magellan
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This view from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is a close-up of Atete Corona, a 600-km-long and 450-km-wide feature at latitude 16 degrees S., longitude 244 degrees; looking north.
PIA00097:
Close-up View of Atete Corona
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-03 Venus Magellan
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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.
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.
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-03 Venus Magellan
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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.
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.
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-03 Venus Pioneer Venus
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This perspective view of Ishtar Terra was derived from data obtained by NASA's Pioneer Venus spacecraft's altimetry radar instrument.
PIA00093:
Perspective View of Ishtar Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-28 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This radar image of the area surrounding the Galeras volcano in southern Colombia shows the ability of a multi-frequency radar to map volcanic structures that can be dangerous to study on the ground.
PIA01305:
Space Radar Image of Galeras Volcano, Colombia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (40.91 MB)     JPEG (3.423 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-28 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This image of the Mauna Loa volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii shows the capability of imaging radar to map lava flows and other volcanic structures.
PIA01304:
Space Radar Image of Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18 MB)     JPEG (1.84 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-28 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This pair of images from NASA's Synthetic Aperture Radar shows a portion of the southern Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula in the country of Oman.
PIA01302:
Space Radar Image of Ubar Optical/Radar
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-14 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This image of the Mississippi River in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana shows regions of the southern United States that are prone to flooding.
PIA01311:
Space Radar Image of Mississippi River
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.41 MB)     JPEG (1.207 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-14 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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The ability of a sophisticated radar instrument to image large regions of the world from space, using different frequencies that can penetrate dry sand cover, produced the discovery in this image: a previously unknown branch of an ancient river.
PIA01310:
Space Radar Image of Wadi Kufra, Libya
Full Resolution:     TIFF (54.46 MB)     JPEG (4.357 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-14 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This radar image of the New York city metropolitan area. The island of Manhattan appears in the center of the image. The green-colored rectangle on Manhattan is Central Park.
PIA01309:
Space Radar Image of New York City
Full Resolution:     TIFF (16.45 MB)     JPEG (2.531 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-14 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This radar image shows the ocean surface in a portion of the Western Pacific Ocean.
PIA01308:
Space Radar Image of Western Pacific Rain Vlouds
Full Resolution:     TIFF (25.5 MB)     JPEG (2.205 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-14 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Scientists are using this radar image of the area surrounding Sunbury, Pennsylvania to study the geologic structure and land use patterns in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge province.
PIA01306:
Space Radar Image of Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Full Resolution:     TIFF (29.48 MB)     JPEG (2.666 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-14 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This image of the area surrounding the city of New Orleans, Louisiana in the southeastern United States demonstrates the ability of multi-frequency imaging radar to distinguish different types of land cover.
PIA01300:
Space Radar Image of New Orleans, Louisiana
Full Resolution:     TIFF (26.94 MB)     JPEG (2.16 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-09 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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These are two comparison images of Mount Everest and its surroundings, along the border of Nepal and Tibet.
PIA01301:
Space Radar Image of Mount Everest
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.613 MB)     JPEG (577.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-09 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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NASA's SIR-C/X-SAR is shown here in the payload bay of the orbiting space shuttle Endeavour (STS-59), with an area of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Hawaii in the background.
PIA01321:
Onboard View - Space Shuttle Endeavour
Full Resolution:     TIFF (22.33 MB)     JPEG (1.162 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1997-01-16 Venus Magellan
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This composite image was created by inserting approximately 70 orbits of NASA's Magellan data into an image obtained at the Arecibo, Puerto Rico radiotelescope and shows a geologically complex region in the southern hemisphere of Venus.
PIA00217:
Arecibo/Magellan Composite of Quetzalpetlatl Corona
Full Resolution:     TIFF (34.49 MB)     JPEG (9.458 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-12-02 Venus Magellan
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A portion of Alpha Regio is displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus from NASA's Magellan spacecraft. In 1963, Alpha Regio was the first feature on Venus to be identified from Earth-based radar.
PIA00481:
Venus - Three-Dimensional Perspective View of Alpha Region
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.02 MB)     JPEG (4.56 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-26 Venus Magellan
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Crater Isabella is seen in this radar image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft. The second largest impact crater on Venus, the crater is named in honor of the 15th Century queen of Spain, Isabella of Castile.
PIA00480:
Venus - Impact Crater 'Isabella
Full Resolution:     TIFF (24.35 MB)     JPEG (7.659 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-26 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is from the northeastern Atalanta Region of Venus. The image shows the complex impact crater, Dickinson, characterized by a partial central ring and a floor flooded by radar-dark and radar-bright materials.
PIA00479:
Venus - Complex Crater 'Dickinson' in NE Atalanta Region
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.043 MB)     JPEG (1.881 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-26 Venus Magellan
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This synthetic aperture radar mosaic from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is a global view of the surface of Venus.
PIA00478:
Venus - Global View Centered at 180 degrees
Full Resolution:     TIFF (44.9 MB)     JPEG (8.515 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-26 Venus Magellan
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This full resolution mosaiced image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is located in the Lakshmi region of Venus at 47 degrees north latitude and 334 east longitude.
PIA00477:
Venus - Possible Remnants of a Meteoroid in Lakshmi Region
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.833 MB)     JPEG (1.037 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-22 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows an irregular crater of approximately 14- kilometer (8.7-mile) mean diameter. The crater is actually a cluster of four separate craters that are in rim contact.
PIA00476:
Venus - Multi-Floor Irregular Crater
Full Resolution:     TIFF (294.2 kB)     JPEG (109.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-20 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is of Crater Stephania in northern Sedna Planitia on Venus. It is one of the smaller craters on Venus.
PIA00475:
Venus - Crater 'Stefania' in N. Sedna Planitia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (539 kB)     JPEG (265.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-20 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is of the eastern Navka Region of Venus. The crater, which is approximately 8 kilometers (5 miles) in diameter, displays a butterfly symmetry pattern.
PIA00474:
Venus - Impact Crater in Eastern Navka Region
Full Resolution:     TIFF (274.6 kB)     JPEG (118.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-20 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is of Sachs Patera on Venus. Defined as a sag-caldera, Sachs is an elliptical depression 130 meters (81 feet) in depth, spanning 40 kilometers (25 miles) in width along its longest axis.
PIA00473:
Venus - Sag Caldera 'Sachs Patera
Full Resolution:     TIFF (208 kB)     JPEG (116.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-20 Venus Magellan
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This full-resolution image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows an impact crater named Jeanne. The distinctive triangular shape of the ejecta indicates that the impacting body probably hit obliquely, traveling from southwest to northeast.
PIA00472:
Venus - Impact Crater 'Jeanne
Full Resolution:     TIFF (682.4 kB)     JPEG (398.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-14 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is from the eastern Ovda region of Venus. The image shows some small volcanic domes on the flank of the volcano Maat.
PIA00487:
Venus - Volcanic Domes on Flank of Volcanic Maat in East Ovda Region
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.139 MB)     JPEG (398.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-14 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft reveals Sacajawea Patera, a large, elongate caldera located in Western Ishtar Terra on the smooth plateau of Lakshmi Planum.
PIA00485:
Venus - A Large Elongated Caldera 'Sacajawea Patera
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.22 MB)     JPEG (712.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-14 Venus Magellan
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This radar image mosaic of Venus from NASA's Magellan spacecraft, is in the Lada region. The mosaic shows a system of east-trending radar-bright and dark lava flows encountering and breaching a north-trending ridge belt (left of center).
PIA00486:
Venus - System of Lava Flows and Ridge Belt
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.288 MB)     JPEG (2.243 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-14 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is from the southern portion of Navka. In the center of this image are two bright deposits running north to south.
PIA00483:
Venus - Outflow Channel in South Navka
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.171 MB)     JPEG (825.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-13 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This is an image of the area around the city of Angkor, Cambodia. The city houses an ancient complex of more than 60 temples dating back to the 9th century.
PIA00505:
Angkor, Cambodia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-13 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This is a space radar image of the area around the Unzen volcano, on the west coast of Kyushu Island in southwestern Japan.
PIA00504:
Unzen Volcano, Japan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (14.37 MB)     JPEG (1.832 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-13 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This space radar image shows the Roter Kamm impact crater in southwest Namibia. The crater rim is seen in the lower center of the image as a radar-bright, circular feature.
PIA00503:
Roter Kamm Impact Crater in Namibia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (20.03 MB)     JPEG (1.839 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-12 Venus Magellan
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Sapas Mons is displayed in the center of this computer-generated three-dimensional perspective view from NASA's Magellan spacecraft of the surface of Venus.
PIA00107:
Venus - 3-D Perspective View of Sapas Mons
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.277 MB)     JPEG (1.445 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-12 Venus Magellan
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This false color image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows a portion of Leda Planitia (plains) in the northern hemisphere of Venus, centered at 41 degrees north latitude, 52 degrees east longitude.
PIA00105:
Venus - Simulated Color of Leda Planitia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.15 MB)     JPEG (2.634 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-12 Venus Magellan
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This global view from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is of the surface of Venus is centered at 180 degrees east longitude.
PIA00104:
Venus - Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 180 Degrees East Longitude
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.169 MB)     JPEG (1.681 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-12 Venus Magellan
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Three impact craters are displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view from NASA's Magellan spacecraft of the surface of Venus. The center of the image is located in the northwestern portion of Lavinia Planitia.
PIA00103:
Venus - 3-D Perspective View of Lavinia Planitia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.28 MB)     JPEG (2.193 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-12 Venus Magellan
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A portion of western Eistla Regio is displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view from NASA's Magellan spacecraft of the surface of Venus.
PIA00102:
Venus - 3-D Perspective View of Estla Regio
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.759 MB)     JPEG (1.965 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-07 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows an area of dark volcanic lava flows overlying the brighter surrounding plains which are thought to have been formed from older flows.
PIA00482:
Venus - Dark Volcanic Lava Flows
Full Resolution:     TIFF (540.1 kB)     JPEG (278.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-10-23 Venus Magellan
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This is a full resolution mosaic from NASA's Magellan spacecraft showing a series of complex lava flows which emerge from the northern flank of Sif Mons, a large volcano just to the south.
PIA00471:
Venus - Complex Lava Flows at Sif Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-10-23 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft covers region near Hestia Rupes on the northwestern corner of Aphrodite Terra. This complex network exhibits tributary-like branches similar to those observed in river systems on Earth.
PIA00469:
Venus - Complex Network of Narrow Fractures Near Hestia Rupes Region
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This crater in the Navka region of Venus was mapped by NASA's Magellan on Sept. 26-27, 1990 during orbits 459 and 460. It has the terraced walls, flat radar-dark floor, and central peak that are characteristic of craters classified as complex.
PIA00470:
Venus - Complex Crater 'Buck' in Navka Region
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In September 1990, Magellan imaged this impact crater that is representative of Venusian craters that are of the proper diameter (about 15 kilometers) to be 'transitional' in their morphology between 'complex' and irregular' craters.
PIA00468:
Venus - 'Transitional' Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-10-23 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is in the Lavinia Region of Venus. Volcanic vent areas in this part of the plains west of Alpha Regio consist of domes and pits up to nearly 3 kilometers across.
PIA00467:
Venus - Lavinia Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-30 Venus Magellan
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The eastern half of the planet is displayed in this simple cylindrical map of the surface of Venus obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft.
PIA00256:
Venus - Simple Cylindrical Map of Surface (Eastern Half)
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The western half of the planet is displayed in this simple cylindrical map of the surface of Venus obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft.
PIA00255:
Venus - Simple Cylindrical Map of Surface (Western Half)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows an impact crater in the central Eistla Region of the equatorial highlands of Venus. The crater is slightly irregular in platform and its walls appear terraced.
PIA00466:
Venus - Large Impact Crater in the Eistla Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Venus Magellan
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These radar images show an identical area on Venus as imaged by the NASA's Magellan spacecraft in 1991 (left) and the U.S.S.R. Venera 15/16 spacecraft in the early 1980's (right).
PIA00465:
Venus - Comparison of Venera and Magellan Resolutions
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Venus Magellan
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This image covers part of a deep valley on Venus called Devana Chasma. The image is a composite of the first two orbits recorded by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in August 1990 superimposed on Pioneer Venus topography.
PIA00464:
Venus - Magellan Data Superimposed on Pioneer Venus Data - Devana Chasma and Phoebe Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Venus Magellan
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During orbits 404 through 414 on 19-20 September 1990, NASA's Magellan spacecraft imaged a peak-ring crater.
PIA00463:
Venus - Barton Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Venus Magellan
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NASA's Magellan spacecraft imaged this multiple-floored, irregular impact crater at latitude 16.4 degrees north, longitude 352.1 degrees east, during orbits 481 and 482 on 27 September 1990.
PIA00462:
Venus - Multiple-Floored, Irregular Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Venus Magellan
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This mosaic of NASA's Magellan data in the Fortuna region of Venus. Shown here are Bahet Corona on the left, Onatah Corona on the right. Coronae are thought to form due to the upwelling of hot material from deep in the interior of Venus.
PIA00461:
Venus - Mosaic of Bahet and Onatah Coronae
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is a mosaic of 24 orbits of the Navka region of Venus. Volcanic domes and flows are seen throughout the region.
PIA00460:
Venus - Venera 8 Landing Site in Navka Region
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The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus as seen by NASA's Magellan spacecraft.
PIA00270:
Venus - Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 90 Degrees East Longitude
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This full resolution radar mosaic from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows a 200 kilometer (124 mile) segment of a sinuous channel on Venus.
PIA00253:
Venus - Sinuous Channel
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This image from NASA's Magellan shows part of the interior of Ovda Regio, one of the large highlands ringing the equator of Venus. Several tectonic events formed this complex block fractured terrain.
PIA00218:
Venus - Interior of Ovda Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-13 Venus Magellan
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This mosaic from NASA's Magellan data is in the Lavinia region of Venus. Three large impact craters can be seen located in a region of fractured plains.
PIA00086:
Mosaic of Large Impact Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-16 Venus Magellan
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A portion of western Eistla Regio is shown in this three dimensional, computer-generated view of the surface of Venus. This NASA Magellan image was released on April 22, 1992.
PIA00200:
Venus - False Color Perspective of Sif and Gula Mons
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This image covers much of Ovda Regio, which forms the western part of Aphrodite Terra captured by NASA's Magellan spacecraft.
PIA00146:
Venus - Ovda Regio
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This spectacular image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is centered on 30 degrees south latitude, 135 degrees east longitude, spans 3500 kilometers (2170 miles) from east to west (left to right), and shows the near-circular trough of Artemis Chasma.
PIA00101:
Artemis Corona (C2-MIDR)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-01 Venus Magellan
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Maat Mons is displayed in this computer generated three-dimensional perspective of the surface of Venus. This NASA Magellan image was released on April 22, 1992.
PIA00106:
Venus - 3-D Perspective View of Maat Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-07-19 Venus Magellan
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Ushas Mons, a volcano in the southern hemisphere of Venus is shown in this radar image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft. The volcano is marked by numerous bright lava flows and a set of north-south trending fractures.
PIA00272:
Venus - Simulated Color of Ushas Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-07-18 Venus Magellan
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The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus as seen by NASA's Magellan spacecraft.
PIA00271:
Venus - Computer Simulated Global View of the Northern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-06-03 Venus Magellan
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This hemispheric view of Venus, as revealed by more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in the 1990-1994 Magellan mission, is centered on the North Pole. NASA's Magellan spacecraft imaged more than 98% of Venus.
PIA00008:
Hemispheric View of Venus Centered at the South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-06-03 Venus Magellan
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This hemispheric view of Venus, as revealed by more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in the 1990-1994 Magellan mission, is centered on the North Pole. NASA's Magellan spacecraft imaged more than 98% of Venus.
PIA00007:
Hemispheric View of Venus Centered at the North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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This is a stereo image pair of crater Goeppert-Mayer obtained by NASA's Magellan radar mapping mission.
PIA00269:
Venus - Stereo Image Pair of Crater Goeppert-Mayer
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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This computer-generated perspective view of Latona Corona and Dali Chasma on Venus shows NASA's Magellan radar data superimposed on topography.
PIA00268:
Venus - 3-D Perspective View of Latona Corona and Dali Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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This set of three images from NASA's Magellan spacecraft, shows a small volcano, lava plains distorted into 'wrinkle ridges,' and some unusual wispy-appearing surface deposits.
PIA00267:
Venus - Cycle 1, 2, and 3 Images of Imdr Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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This full resolution radar mosaic from NASA's Magellan spacecraftshows an oblique view of the impact crater Riley, named for Margaretta Riley, a 19th Century botanist.
PIA00266:
Venus - Oblique View of Crater Riley
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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This full-resolution mosaic of Venus, obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft, shows an area replete with diverse volcanic features.
PIA00265:
Venus - False Color of Volcanic Plains
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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This is full-resolution mosaic from NASA's Magellan spacecraft. The bright feature, slightly south of center is interpreted to be a volcano with a large apron of blocky debris to its right and some smaller aprons to its left.
PIA00264:
Venus - Volcano With Massive Landslides
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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NASA's Magellan spacecraft has observed remnant landslide deposits apparently resulting from the collapse of volcanic structures.
PIA00263:
Venus - Landslide Deposits
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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NASA's Magellan spacecraft observed remnant landslide deposits apparently resulting from the collapse of volcanic structures. This radar image is centered in the southwestern Navka Region of Venus.
PIA00262:
Venus - Landslide in Navka Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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This image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft, with radar illumination from west to east, shows three unusual volcanoes located in the Guinevere Planitia lowland.
PIA00261:
Venus - Volcanos in Guinevere Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-03-14 Venus Magellan
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As NASA's Magellan mission progressed, areas of Venus became accessible for a second look. During Magellan's second 243-day global mapping cycle, the spacecraft was rotated 180 degrees to view the surface from the opposite direction.
PIA00260:
Venus - Comparison of Left and Right Looking Views of Imdr Region
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This false color image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft shows a portion of Bereghinya Planitia (plains) in the northern hemisphere of Venus.
PIA00259:
Venus - False Color of Bereghinya Planitia
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