This full-resolution mosaicked image is part of Ovda Regio, which forms the western part of Aphrodite Terra. The image is centered at 5o south latitude and 70o east longitude. The image includes an area 600 km (370 miles) wide and 545 km (335 miles) from north to south. Several events are recorded by the structures displayed in this image. The oldest events were the formation of irregular broad domes and ridges on the order of 20 km (12 miles) wide and of the small-scale structure on the domes and ridges. The valleys between these ridges then were flooded by dark lava flows. An extensive fracture system radial to the circular feature at the bottom of the image then cut across the older features. An impact crater 60 km (37 miles) across is also younger than the flood lava. Full-resolution images such as this are providing clues to the origin of Aphrodite Terra, and therefore important information about Venus tectonics.
