Even the hot and cracked surface of Venus [ http://www.nineplan…] has rolling hills. Although never actually photographed from up-close, images of the Venusian surface [ http://csep10.phys.…] like that shown above have been constructed in recent years by digitally merging distant photographs from height-sensitive radar [ http://southport.jp…]. Isolated above [ http://photojournal…] is a 100-kilometer wide swath inside a volcanic region [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] known as Yavine Corona. Visible in the frame [ http://photojournal…] are numerous fractures [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the surface. Data is missing from the dark lane on the upper right. The surface of Venus [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] is so hot and oppressive that robot spacecraft [ http://pds-geophys.…] landed there [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] have lasted for only a few hours.
Explanation
Even the hot and cracked surface of Venus [ http://www.nineplan…] has rolling hills. Although never actually photographed from up-close, images of the Venusian surface [ http://csep10.phys.…] like that shown above have been constructed in recent years by digitally merging distant photographs from height-sensitive radar [ http://southport.jp…]. Isolated above [ http://photojournal…] is a 100-kilometer wide swath inside a volcanic region [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] known as Yavine Corona. Visible in the frame [ http://photojournal…] are numerous fractures [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the surface. Data is missing from the dark lane on the upper right. The surface of Venus [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] is so hot and oppressive that robot spacecraft [ http://pds-geophys.…] landed there [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] have lasted for only a few hours.
