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3D view of Maat Mons
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Caption NASA originale:"Maat Mons is displayed in this computer generated 3D view of the surface of Venus. The viewpoint is located 634 Km North of Maat Mons at an elevation of 3 Km above the terrain.
Lava flows extend for hundreds of kilometers across the fractured plains shown in the foreground, to the base of Maat Mons. The view is to the south with the volcano Maat Mons appearing at the center of the image on the horizon and rising to almost 5 Km above the surrounding terrain. Maat Mons is located at approx. 0,9° North latitude; 194,5° East longitude with a peak that ascends to 8 Km above the mean surface. Maat Mons is named for an Egyptian Goddess of Truth and Justice. Magellan synthetic aperture radar data is combined with radar altimetry to develop a three-dimensional map of the surface. The vertical scale in this perspective has been exaggerated 10 times".
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