Astronomy Picture of Day: North Pole of Venus# Astronomy - 天文
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The North Pole of Venus
Credit: SSV, MIPL, Magellan Team, NASA
Explanation: If you could look down on the North Pole of Venus what would you see? The
Magellan probe that orbited Venus from 1990 to 1994 was able to peer through the thick
Venusian clouds and build up the above image by emitting and re-detecting cloud-penetrating
radar. Visible as the bright patch below central North is Venus' highest mountain Maxwell
Montes. Other notable features include numerous mountains, coron
Credit: SSV, MIPL, Magellan Team, NASA
Explanation: If you could look down on the North Pole of Venus what would you see? The
Magellan probe that orbited Venus from 1990 to 1994 was able to peer through the thick
Venusian clouds and build up the above image by emitting and re-detecting cloud-penetrating
radar. Visible as the bright patch below central North is Venus' highest mountain Maxwell
Montes. Other notable features include numerous mountains, coron