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Cylindrical map of the surface of Venus

author: Nasa/JPL/Novapix

reference: a-ven06-00014

Image Size 300 DPI: 110 * 51 cm

The left edge of the image is at 52.5 degrees east longitude, the right edge at  67.5 degrees east longitude. The top and bottom of the image are at 90 degrees north latitude and 90 degrees south latitude, respectively. Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics from the first cycle of Magellan mapping are mapped onto a rectangular latitude-longitude grid to create this image. Data gaps are filled with Pioneer Venus Orbiter altimetric data, or a constant mid-range value. Simulated color is used to enhance small-scale structure. The simulated hues are based on color images recorded by the Soviet Venera 13 and 14 spacecraft.

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1991 - ASTRONOMY - GLOBAL VIEW - MAGELLAN - PANORAMA - PLANET - PLANISPHERE - POSTER - RADAR - VENUS -