PIA00252: Venus - Computer Simulated Global View of Northern Hemisphere


Venus - Computer Simulated Global View of Northern Hemisphere

Caption:

The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus. The north pole is at the center of the image, with 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees east longitudes at the 6, 3, 12, 9 o'clock positions, respectively, of an imaginary clock face. 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. Simulated color is used to enhance small-scale structure. The simulated hues are based on color images recorded by the Soviet Venera 13 and 14 spacecraft. The image was produced at the JPL Multimission Image Processing Laboratory and is a single frame from a video released at the October 29, 1991, JPL news conference.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Venus
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Magellan Pioneer Venus
Instrument Host Magellan Pioneer Venus Orbiter
Host Type Orbiter Flyby Spacecraft
Instrument Imaging Radar
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Radar
Acquisition Date
Release Date 1996-03-14
Date in Caption 1991-10-29
Image Credit NASA/JPL
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00252
Identifier PIA00252