Venusian lava flows 4.4
400 km wide Magellan image of lava flows on Venus (47°South, 25°East). The flows that appear very bright to the radar must have rough surfaces, whereas the darker flows ar evidently smoother.
Go to Full Text
Return to Planets Menu
Image Credit: NASA  

This mosaic highlights a system of east-trending, radar-bright and dark lava flows that collide with and breach a north-trending ridge belt (left of center). Upon breaching the ridge belt, the lava pooled, forming a radar-bright deposit approximately 100,000 square km (right side of image). The source of the lava is the Corona Derceto, which lies about 300 km west of the scene.  
text credits: David A Rothery; NASA Return to top of page