Venus: Maat Mons composite from Magellan 4.6
Three-dimensional perspective view of the 5 km high shield volcano Maat Mons (1°North, 194°East) and adjacent region, made by combining imaging and altimetric data from Magellan. The vertical scale has been exaggerated tenfold (to show the topography more clearly), so in reality slopes are much more gentle than implied here. The impact crater in the right foreground has a diameter of 23 km.
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Image Credit: NASA
text credit: David A Rothery