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Venus with Visible and Radar Illumination Target Name:   Venus Spacecraft:   Mariner 10, Magellan Produced by:   Calvin J. Hamilton Copyright:  © 2000 Calvin J. Hamilton Date Released:  16 November 2000 (Publisher Permission Request) Related Document Venus Introduction Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size venus2.jpg JPEG 640 x 694 49K venus2.jpg JPEG 2242 x 2430 382K venus2.tif TIFF 2242 x 2430 4M This picture shows two different perspectives of Venus. On the left is a mosaic of images acquired by the Mariner 10 spacecraft on February 5, 1974. The image shows the thick cloud coverage that prevents optical observation of the planet's surface. The surface of Venus remained hidden until 1978 when the Pioneer Venus 1 spacecraft arrived and went into orbit about the planet on December 4th. The spacecraft used radar to map planet's surface, revealing a new Venus. Later in August of 1990 the Magellan spacecraft arrived at Venus and began its extensive planetary mapping mission. This mission produced radar images up to 300 meters per pixel in resolution. The right image show a rendering of Venus from the Pioneer Venus and Magellan radar images.

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