This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Venus
3-D Perspective View Of The"Crater Farm"

Computer generated 3-dimensional perspective view of the "crater farm" on Venus, consisting of the 37.3 km diameter Saskia in the foreground (28.6S,337.1E), 47.6 km Danilova (26.35S,337.25E) to the left, and 62.7 km Aglaonice to the right (26.5S,340E). The image was created by superimposing Magellan images in topography data, and coloring is based on Venera 13 and 14 Lander images. (Magellan press release P-39146)

Last Update: 2004-Nov-27