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The surface of Venus is dominated by geologic features that include volcanoes, large impact craters, and aeolian erosion and sedimentation landforms. Venus has a topography reflecting its single, strong crustal plate, with a unimodal elevation distribution (over 90% of the surface lies within an elevation of -1.0 and 2.5 km) [1] that preserves geologic structures for long periods of time.
The very first visible-light images of Venus' surface from space have been captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe, and it could help researchers piece together the mysteries of the distant planet.
Pioneer 11 image of Saturn. Pioneer 11 made the first flyby of Saturn in September 1979, when it passed within 20,000 km (12,000 mi) of the planet's cloud tops. Images were taken of the planet and a few of its moons, although their resolution was too low to discern surface detail.
Saturn Revolution 175, Cassini images, November 27, 2012; Saturn’s Strange Hexagon – In Living Color! – Universe Today; Edge of the hexagon from Planetary Photojournal; Saturn's Hexagon Comes to Light, APOD January 22, 2012; In the Center of Saturn's North Polar Vortex, Astronomy Picture of the Day – December 4, 2012
A Facebook post claims Mercury, Venus and Saturn aligned with the pyramids in Giza, Egypt. That purported phenomenon is made up. Fact check: Image falsely shows Mercury, Venus and Saturn aligned ...
Venus is the brightest "star" in the sky, with Saturn just below it. Draw a line between the two planets, then follow that line upwards to find Jupiter high overhead.
The surface of Venus is comparatively flat. When 93% of the topography was mapped by Pioneer Venus Orbiter, scientists found that the total distance from the lowest point to the highest point on the entire surface was about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi), about the same as the vertical distance between the Earth's ocean floor and the higher summits of the Himalayas.
The global surface of Venus was first mapped by the Magellan orbiter during 1990–1991 with 50 km spatial and 100 m vertical resolution. During three orbit regimes, the surface images were transmitted back to the Earth. These three orbiting motions of the spacecraft are called mapping cycle 1, 2 and 3.