Original - Mosaic of Venus; a global view centered at 180 degrees east longitude. Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics from the first cycle of Magellan mapping are mapped onto a computer-simulated globe to create this image. Data gaps are filled with Pioneer Venus Orbiter data, or a constant mid-range value. (Fake color is used to enhance small-scale structure.)
Reason
Good resolution, very high detail. It's the best we can get for a mosaic, especially of Venus, since it's covered in clouds almost every day of the earth year.
Articles this image appears in
Geology of Venus, Synthetic aperture radar, List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces, List of artificial objects on Venus.
Creator
JPL Multimission Image Processing Laboratory

Promoted Image:Venus globe.jpg MER-C 03:02, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]