Venus volcanoes
Images provided by NASA of volcanoes on the surface of Venus
A composite view made by draping a radar image onto a computer model of topography, with slopes exaggerated tenfold. In the background is a five kilometre high volcano named Maat Mons. In the right foreground is an impact crater. [Image: NASA-JPL photojournal]
A composite view made by draping a radar image onto a computer model of topography, with slopes exaggerated tenfold. In the centre is a four kilometre high volcano named Sapas Mons. The volcano Maat Mons is visible on the horizon. [Image: NASA-JPL photojournal]
A composite view made by draping a radar image onto a computer model of topography, with slopes exaggerated tenfold. A two kilometre high volcano named Sif Mons dominates the landscape. The volcano, and the radar-bright lava flows extending from it, can be seen to overlie an older surface cut by narrow fractures. [Image: NASA-JPL photojournal]
A 100 km wide radar image showing a small volcano on Venus overlying a fractured basement. (The 15 km black square is missing data). [Image: NASA]
Continue your journey across the surface of Venus:
Terrain: An introduction
Lava flows
Craters
Coronae
Fractures
Mountain belts
Content last updated: 21/03/2006
