This isn't strictly speaking an anomaly so I may have to move the topic. Nevertheless, the colour of Venus has caused a bit of controversy in the past. Here are some examples of where the issue has been raised.
Will the Real Planet Venus Please Stand Up! (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread284985/pg1)
Since when is VENUS red? (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread750337/pg2)
I just thought I would share a few images of Venus that will give you a better idea what Venus might actually look like if you looked out of a spacecraft window at it.
First of all this is not what Venus would look like to the naked eye. The picture below is a false color image.
(http://0.tqn.com/d/space/1/0/f/X/venus9.jpg)
(http://mentallandscape.com/Venus_Galileo_Visible.jpg)
If colors are estimated correctly, there is a final issue of tone mapping. How bright does the image appear to the eye in a given context. The image above is the best color image of Venus I've found, showing the planet as it would likely appear to a human observer in space. It was made by Turkish astronomer A. Tayfun Oner, using the two color channels from the Galileo camera, and a third interpolated channel.
SOURCE OF ABOVE IMAGE AND TEXT: http://mentallandscape.com/V_DigitalImages.htm
(http://www.celestronimages.com/data/media/2/30_May_2328ut.jpg)
Here is Venus in natural (RGB) light. Unlike many beautiful amateur images that combine IR and UV light to create a false color image, I wanted to create a true color image of this beautiful but difficult planet to image.
Shown are an IR-R-G-B composite where IR is used as a luminance and the RGB channels provide the color and saturation, and the true color RGB composite. Each image combines about 2500 of 10000 frames per channel through the individual filters.
The images were taken on the evening of May 22, 2010 shortly before sunset, while Venus was still at a reasonable altitude (around 40-50 degrees) and in very good seeing.
SOURCE OF ABOVE IMAGE AND TEXT: http://www.celestronimages.com/details.php?image_id=8306
So there you have it. If these images are anything to go by, Venus would look... Well, cloudy and grey. Like most of the year where I live in England. Those Venusians must get sick of the clouds too. :D
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/banners/john_lear_med.jpg) John Lear
NASA describes Venus (based on their spacecraft's findings and the findings of Russian spacecraft) as:
At first glance, if Earth had a twin, it would be Venus. The two planets are similar in size, mass, composition, and distance from the Sun. But there the similarities end. Venus has no ocean. Venus is covered by thick, rapidly spinning clouds that trap surface heat, creating a scorched greenhouse-like world with temperatures hot enough to melt lead and pressure so intense that standing on Venus would feel like the pressure felt 900 meters deep in Earth's oceans. These clouds reflect sunlight in addition to trapping heat. Because Venus reflects so much sunlight, it is usually the brightest planet in the sky.
Sulfur compounds, possibly attributable to volcanic activity, are abundant in Venus' clouds. The corrosive chemistry and dense, moving atmosphere cause significant surface weathering and erosion. Radar images of the surface show wind streaks and sand dunes.
More than 1,000 volcanoes or volcanic centers larger than 20 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter dot the surface of Venus. Volcanic flows have produced long, sinuous channels extending for hundreds of kilometers.
John Lear, however, begs to differ with NASA. Based on information John has accumulated, including data from George Adamski who was afforded a 'bird's eye view' of Venus and several remote viewer friends of John's he believes Venus is more like this:
(The following are quotes from "Inside The Flying Saucers" by George Adamski):
A beautiful planet similar to earth with seven oceans, all connected by waterways both natural and artificial. Magnificent mountains, some white-topped with snow, some barren and rocky, very similar to earth.
There are many Venusian cities, some large, some small following a circular or oval pattern. The structures are beautiful, with no monotonous lines. Many had domes radiating in prismatic colors. At night the colors cease and the domes become luminous with a soft, yellowish light. There is much uninhabited territory.
People on Venus are very similar to those on earth.
Cars and buses used for transportation vary in size as do those on earth. The only difference is that they appear to 'glide' along the surface using an energy system much different from ours.
The beaches on the lakes have sand that is very white and fine like on the finest beaches on earth.
The tropical sections of Venus have vegetation similar to earth but are much lusher because of an atmosphere than is much more moist than earth. The people on Venus rarely see the stars as we do on earth because of the constant cloud cover.
The following is based on information from friends of John's who are remote viewers:
Venus has a constant cloud cover which is a pale yellow color and the reflection makes the oceans and the lakes yellow in color.
Now, based on NASA's record of reporting, what sounds more plausible? The Venus described by NASA or the Venus described by John Lear (using George Adamski's quotes, and descriptions from John's remote viewer friends)?
NASA has stated that they use the "LAVA ORANGE" color to paint Venus beased on one single photo taken by a Russian Lander... that had a little orange yellow tint
This one... taken by Venera 14
(http://www.mentallandscape.com/Venera14Camera2.jpg)
Venera 13
(http://www.mentallandscape.com/Venera13Camera2.jpg)
Venera 9
(http://www.mentallandscape.com/Venera_9.jpg)
QuoteOriginally posted by DuncanIdahoGholem at ATS (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread284985/pg1#pid3232145)
Very eloquently put. Good post. Now back on topic,
WHY did nasa and the Russians make the same mistakes so many times?
Why not a porcelin or ceramic coated craft?
Why not disposable outer shells like the russian dolls?
Why can TV cameras still transmit if the outer housings are so far gone they all ponit down?
Why are the Venus probe photos OF THE GROUND so clear when Mars and the Moon that had reasonably good camera angles were SOOOOOO crap at the time? After all the Venusian atmosphere is so thick and dangerous(According to NASA TM)! :o
VERY good questions
And this sure looks like a river system to me..
(http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/images/browse/venus/hestia.jpg)
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/banners/john_lear_med.jpg) John Lear
(http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/8541/venusarticle1959se4.png)
It is apparent from this newspaper article dated December 1, 1959 that Navy balloonist Malcom Ross, meteorologist Charles B. Moore and Dr. John Strong of Johns Hopkins University had not gotten the word from TPTB that Venus was full of exploding volcanoes enveloped in an atmosphere of sulphuric acid pushing down with a pressure equal to 900 meters deep in the ocean. :)
Why the very idea of water vapor on Venus is ridiculous. They must have meant sulphuric acid water vapor? I mean how would they know anyhow from a balloon on earth about a planet many millions of miles away? :)
And for Strong not to rule out the possibility of life on this deadly planet? I'll betcha he's doing time. Talk about denying ignorance? :)
Added by Zorgon...
The Evolution of Water Vapor in the Atmosphere of Venus (http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/1520-0469%281972%29029%3C0173%3ATEOWVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2)
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/banners/john_lear_med.jpg)
John LearYes Virginia, there is no snow on Venus. That's a coating of frost of rare silvery-white nonmetallic element tellurium which freezes out at exactly the right temperature corresponding to the altitude on Venus where the edges of this bright material are seen. This is what Gordon Pettengill of MIT suggests. Now I know that NASA says it is hot enough to melt lead on Venus. No, I am not kidding you. :)
(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4279/venussnowaxd3.png)
(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/2619/venussnowskytelescope1ct5.png)
Huh? :)
QuoteOriginally posted by 12m8keall2c at ATS (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread284985/pg2#pid3232706)
Tellurium Frost
I wouldn't suggest a skiing trip to the Venutian Alps (http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/Te/key.html), though. Not to mention the "tellurium breath" you would be subjecting others to.
(REAL Audio link) (http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/media/snds-description/Te.rm)
Humans exposed to as little as 0.01 mg m-3 in air, or less, develop "tellurium breath", which has a garlic-like odour.
Quote from: Pimander on January 09, 2012, 03:26:35 AM
I just thought I would share a few images of Venus that will give you a better idea what Venus might actually look like if you looked out of a spacecraft window at it.
Well here is an image from NASA taken by Magellan spacecraft...
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/tyranny22/Magellan_Eistla_Regio.jpg)
So according to NASA the sky on Venus is black, "black as patent leather shoes", just like on the moon and the ground is Lava Orange :D Problem is, Magellan uses RADAR imaging so there is no color images :P
Read the high lighted part...
"The display AUTOMATICALLY shows the surface features in the yellow and orange tones that have become standard for images of Venus" Seriously? Standard? Like the Martian Red? :o
(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1309/venuscolorzj1.png)
(http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7763/venuscolorala7.png)
Pegasus Press Release
THIS JUST IN.....
From NASA/JPL Radar images of Venus taken by Magellan spacecraft
Target Name: Venus
Spacecraft: Magellan
Produced by: NASA/USGS
Copyright: Public Domain
Cross Reference: PIA00157
(http://www.solarviews.com/browse/venus/venus1.jpg)
::)
High Resolution .tiff 40 megs (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff/PIA00157.tif)
Here is a follow up to my image of Venus... Look at all the place names on this one...
Notice: 26 megs
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA03167.jpg
High Res .tiff 225 megs
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff/PIA03167.tif
Men are from Mars.
Women are from Venus.
Why not?
hobbit
Quote from: hobbit on January 10, 2012, 08:04:35 PM
Men are from Mars.
Women are from Venus.
Actually according to NASA since Venus is all lava fire and brimstone. I would say IT is the Planet of War and since mars has heart shaped craters all over the place IT has to be the planet of love ;D
Here is yet another view of Venus form NASA APOD
(http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/9705/venus_pvo.jpg)
ESA shows us THIS Venus...
(http://www.space.com/images/i/5987/original/071128-venus-false-02.jpg?1294166513)
Venus' southern hemisphere, as seen in the ultraviolet. CREDIT: ESA
And yet another NASA version... :D
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/hst_venus95.jpg)
Ultraviolet image of Venus' clouds as seen by HST's Wide-Field/Planetary Camera 2.
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/gal_venus_37218.jpg)
False color image of Venus' clouds as seen by the SSI instrument on Galileo.
Another Venera 13 shot. Notice the color chart tab.
This is actually the one NASA used to Paint Venus as can be seen below. The Black Sky really bothers me as I am sure they also painted those black skies into the Apollo surface images. They pictures lend support for that at least. No of course they are saying these are computer generated :P from the Magellan data
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/venera13-right.jpg)
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/mgn_corona_idem-kuva.jpg)
Computer generated surface view of a corona, tentatively named Idem-Kuva.
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/mgn_alpha_regio.jpg)
Computer generated surface view of Alpha Regio.
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/mgn_maat_mons.jpg)
Computer generated surface view of Maat Mons.
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/mgn_eistla_regio.jpg)
Computer generated surface view of Eistla Regio (from the southwest).
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/mgn_eistla_regio2.jpg)
Computer generated surface view of Eistla Regio (from the northeast)
NSSDC Photo Gallery - Venus (http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-venus.html)
So according to NASA the surface of Venus is all molten lava ;D
Naked Venus
Okay so lets use Magellan and really look at Venus exposed..
No NASA 'LAVA Orange' No cloud cover...
What I want you to notice is the sunlight on the surface of this image If the clouds are so thick and its raining sulphuric acid all the time, why does it look clear and sunny? :o
(http://www.windows2universe.org/venus/images/Dickinson_crater.gif)
Another bright and Sunny day on Venus... no clouds... look at the shadows... This is really interesting terrain...
As a matter of fact the only cloud in the sky is a contrail... that casts a shadow...
errrr contrail with shadow? (http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/smilies/wow.gif)
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Venus/ammavarsmall.jpg)
Here is the full size image
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Venus/ammavaru.jpg)
Quote from: zorgon on January 10, 2012, 08:13:01 PM
Actually according to NASA since Venus is all lava fire and brimstone. I would say IT is the Planet of War and since mars has heart shaped craters all over the place IT has to be the planet of love ;D
Here is yet another view of Venus form NASA APOD
(http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/9705/venus_pvo.jpg)
You obviously haven't met my ex wife then?
She would definately fit the fire and brimstone criteria.
She has Her very own gravity defying flying device called a broomstick.
hobbit
Contrails? or Chemtrails? Lol
Where did the "sunny day" shots come from Zorgan and are there more?
@hobbit my wife is Irish and American Indian. Talk about fire and brimstone!
The 'sunny day' shots are the radar images taken by the Magellan space craft. Most pictures created from that are colored NASA Lava Orange.
Magellan Mission to Venus(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/mgnlogo3_small.gif)
QuoteNASA's Magellan spacecraft made a dramatic conclusion to its highly successful mission at Venus when it is commanded to plunge into the planet's dense atmosphere Tuesday, October 11, 1994. During its four years in orbit around Earth's sister planet, the spacecraft has radar-mapped 98 percent of the surface and collected high-resolution gravity data of Venus. The purpose of the crash landing is to gain data on the planet's atmosphere and on the performance of the spacecraft as it descends
NASA seems to really enjoy deliberately smashing space craft onto planets, moons, asteroids, etc.
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Bluebird/shakehead.gif)
Welcome to the Magellan Project home page! (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/mgn.html)The problem is only a few selected images are easily available. many of the links to the raw planetary data are no longer active, so I will have to track down where they went. I never saved all the Magellan images yet >:(
Here is a very interesting article...
Venus was once like EarthQuoteMOSCOW, November 29. 2007 (RIA Novosti) - A European probe which is orbiting Venus has provided evidence through its remote-sensing data that the planet was once very much like the Earth, the European Space Agency said Wednesday.
The Venus Express probe was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan as part of a European Space Agency (ESA) mission in November 2005, with the aim of conducting remote research of the atmosphere of Earth's closest planet.
Dmitri Titov, Venus Express science coordinator said in Germany: "The spacecraft has revealed the structure and movements of the atmosphere, from its upper reaches to just above the surface, and has obtained the best global map of atmospheric temperatures to date. This is already improving our understanding of the global dynamics and the meteorology of Venus."
Alexander Vorobyov, press secretary of Russia's space agency said on Thursday: "The research results give us basis to suppose that Venus was in fact once the spitting image of the Earth and, not only as far as dimensions are concerned, but also by the processes which took place on the surface, but then they drifted apart."
The research has revealed a number of surprising phenomena so far. The ESA press release said that the research had proved that Venus has an atmosphere the "densest of all the rocky planets," which is being constantly stripped away by solar wind together with the planet's water as it does not have a magnetic shield like Earth.
In addition, lightning on the planet, which was considered controversial, has been confirmed by the data leading to a better understanding of the planet and its climate evolution.
Fred Taylor, a Venus Express interdisciplinary scientist from the U.K. described Venus as "Earth's twin, but separated at birth."
More than 250 scientists and engineers from various European countries including Russia are taking part in the Venus Express mission.
Venus was once like Earth (http://en.ria.ru/science/20071129/90109824.html) - RIA Novosti. Russia
Quote from: micjer on January 10, 2012, 09:48:55 PM
Contrails? or Chemtrails? Lol
YOU decide :P NASA says this is the highest resolution available
(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p38281.gif)
P38281 - Atla Region on Venus - 06/27/91QuoteP-38281 MGN52
June 27, 1991
This Magellan image from the Atla region of Venus shows several types of volcanic features and superimposed surface fractures. The area in the image is approximately 350 kilometers (217 miles) across, centered at 9 degrees south latitude, 199 degrees east longitude. Lava flows emanating from circular pits or linear fissures form flower-shaped patterns in several areas. A collapse depression approximately 20 kilometers by 10 kilometers (12 by 6 miles) near the center of the image is drained by a lava channel approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) long. Numerous surface fractures and graben (linear valleys) criss-cross the volcanic deposits in north to northeast trends. The fractures are not buried by the lavas, indicating that the tectonic activity post-dates most of the volcanic activity.
Unusual Volcano on Venus(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p39916.gif)
QuoteP-39916 MGN-93
March 16, 1992
This unusual Venusian volcano is located on the plains between Artemis Chasma and Imdr Regio at 37.5 degrees south latitude and 164.5 degrees east longitude. The dome structure with lava channels radiating from the volcanic center is about 100 km (62 miles) across. This volcanic feature has been imaged by Magellan in both left-looking and right-looking modes. This image, from the second mapping cycle, was taken from the right. The volcano and its lava flows appear much the same in both images, but there are two important differences. In the left-looking image west- facing slopes are brighter because they are tilted toward the radar. In this right-looking image, west-facing slopes are darker because they face away from the radar. Another difference is the image displacement caused by elevation differences as seen by the radar from the two sides. The top of a flow margin is displaced toward the radar relative to its base. The displacement is in the opposite direction in the two images. The sum of the two displacements is called parallax and can be used to estimate the height of features. The topographic relief that can be measured horizontally is much more precise than can be measured with the altimeter (about 10 kilometers, or 6 miles). Parallax measurements show that the thickness of the lobe of lava at the left-center edges of the image is variable but typically about 540 meters (1772 feet). This measurement conflicts with the altimetry measurement. The fan-shaped lava flow in the lower left is about 120 meters (394 feet) thick near its edge. Lava scarps on the east side of the complex are about 90 meters (295 feet) high. (See P-39717)
Unusual Volcano on Venus (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/image8.html)
Three Unusual Volcanos in Guinevere Planita(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p40286.gif)
QuoteP-40286 MGN-99
May 29, 1992
This image, with radar illumination from west to east, shows three unusual volcanoes located in the Guinevere Planitia lowland. At the center of the image is a large feature (50 kilometers or 31 miles in diameter) with an unusual shape: very round when viewed from above with steep-sides and a flat top. These volcanoes are believed to be the result of relatively thick and sticky (viscous) lava flows that originated from a point source. Although a faint remnant of its original circular shape is preserved, the northern rim of this central volcano has a steep scarp. The scarp is probably the result of material that has slid away from the volcano and subsequently has been covered by lava flows. This volcano overlaps another feature to the southwest that is about 45 kilometers (28 miles) in diameter and disrupted by many fractures. The southeastern volcano (25 kilometers or 15.5 miles in diameter) appears to be the highest of the three as its illuminated western edge has the brightest radar return. The scalloped edges give this feature a bottle-cap like appearance. The highly scalloped edges are probably the result of multiple material slides along the volcano margin.
Three Unusual Volcanos in Guinevere Planita (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/image21.html)
I will post any images of Venus by Magellan that I can find. They say they mapped 98% of the surface but only a few images are available that I can find at the moment...
Dickinson Impact Crater(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p39716.gif)
QuoteP-39716
2/10/92
This Magellan image is centered at 74.6 degrees north latitude and 177.3 east longitude, in the northeastern Atalanta Region of Venus. The image is approximately 185 kilometers (115 miles) wide at the base and shows Dickinson, an impact crater 69 kilometers (43 miles) in diameter. The crater is complex, characterized by a partial central ring and a floor flooded by radar-dark and radar-bright materials. Hummocky, rough-textured ejecta extend all around the crater, except to the west. The lack of ejecta to the west may indicate that the impactor that produced the crater was an oblique impact from the west. Extensive radar-bright flows that emanate from the crater's eastern walls may represent large volumes of impact melt, or they may be the result of volcanic material released from the subsurface during the cratering event.
Dickinson Impact Crater (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/image12.html)
Longest Channel in the Solar System(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p39226.gif)
QuoteP-39226 MGN-82
October 29, 1991
This full resolution radar mosaic from Magellan at 49 degrees south latitude, 273 degrees east longitude of an area with dimensions of 130 by 190 kilometers (81 by 118 miles), shows a 200 kilometer (124 mile) segment of a sinuous channel on Venus. The channel is approximately 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) wide. These channel-like features are common on the plains of Venus. In some places they appear to have been formed by lava which may have melted or thermally eroded a path over the plains' surface. Most are 1 to 3 kilometers (0.6 to 2 miles) wide. They resemble terrestrial rivers in some respects, with meanders, cutoff oxbows, and abandoned channel segments. However, Venus channels are not as tightly sinuous as terrestrial rivers. Most are partly buried by younger lava plains, making their sources difficult to identify. A few have vast radar-dark plains units associated with them, suggesting large flow volumes. These channels appear to be older than other channel types on Venus, as they are crossed by fractures and wrinkle ridges, and are often buried by other volcanic materials. In addition, they appear to run both upslope and downslope, suggesting that the plains were warped by regional tectonism after channel formation. Resolution of the Magellan data is about 120 meters (400 feet).
Longest Channel in the Solar System (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/image19.html)
Volcano with Comet-Like Tail(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p38810.gif)
QuoteP-38810
8/12/91
The comet-like tail trending northeast from this volcanic edifice is a relatively radar-bright deposit. The volcano, whose basal diameter is 5 kilometers (about 3 miles), is a local topographic high that has slowed down northeast trending winds enough to cause deposition of this material. The streak is 35 kilometers long and 10 kilometers (about 6 miles) wide. The volcano is located at the western end of Parga Chasma at 9.4 degrees south latitude, 247.5 degrees east longitude.
Volcano with Comet-Like Tail (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/image18.html)
Remarkable "Half Crater"(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p38741.gif)
QuoteP-38741
8/12/91
This remarkable "half crater" is located in the rift between Rhea and Theia Montes in Beta Regio. Radar illumination is from the left. The as yet unnamed crater is 37 (23 miles) kilometers in diameter and is located at latitude 29.91 degrees north, longitude 282.9 degrees east. It has been cut by many fractures or faults since it was formed by the impact of a large asteroid. The eastern half of the crater has been completely destroyed during the formation of a fault-valley that is up to 20 kilometers (12 miles) wide and apparently quite deep.
A north-south profile through the very center of this crater is visible as a result of the downdropping and removal of the eastern half of the crater. This "profile view" gives a third dimension to the crater. Thus it will be beneficial to "illuminate" this area from the opposite side (right-looking) with the Magellan SAR during a later mapping cycle, permitting an even more detailed view of the geologic structure of this feature.
Remarkable "Half Crater" (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/image17.html)
Pancake Domes in Eistla Region(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p38388.gif)
QuoteP-38388 MGN53
June 27, 1991
This Magellan full resolution mosaic, centered at 12.3 north latitude, 8.3 degrees east longitude, shows an area 160 kilometers (96 miles) by 250 kilometers (150 miles) in the Eistla region of Venus. The prominent circular features are volcanic domes, 65 kilometers (39 miles) in diameter with broad, flat tops less than one kilometer (0.6 mile) in height. Sometimes referred to as "pancake" domes, they represent a unique category of volcanic extrusions on Venus formed from viscous (sticky) lava. The cracks and pits commonly found in these features result from cooling and the withdrawal of lava. A less viscous flow was emitted from the northeastern dome toward the other large dome in the southwest corner of the image.
Pancake Domes in Eistla Region (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/image29.html)
Aine Corona with Pancake Domes(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p38340.gif)
QuoteP-38340 MGN-48
5/21/91
This Magellan radar image shows a region approximately 300 kilometers (180 miles) across, centered on 59 degrees south latitude, 164 degrees east longitude and located in a vast plain to the south of Aphrodite Terra. The data for this image were obtained in January 1991. The large circular structure near the center of the image is a corona, approximately 200 kilometers in diameter and provisionally named Aine Corona. Just north of Aine Corona is one of the flat-topped volcanic constructs known as "pancake" domes for their shape and flap-jack appearance. This pancake dome is about 35 kilometer (21 miles) in diameter and is thought to have formed by the eruption of an extremely viscous lava. Another pancake dome is located inside the western part of the annulus of the corona fractures. Complex fracture patterns like the one in the upper right of the image are often observed in association with coronae and various volcanic features. They are thought to form because magma beneath the surface follows pre-existing fracture patterns. When eruptions or other movements of the magma occur, the magma drains from the fractures and the overlying surface rock collapses. Other volcanic features associated with Aine Corona include a set of small domes, each less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) across, located along the southern portion of the annulus of fractures, and a smooth, flat region in the center of the corona, probably a relatively young lava flow. The range of volcanic features associated with coronae suggests that volcanism plays a significant role in the formation of coronae.
Aine Corona with Pancake Domes (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/image15.html)
Now from the same site, a comparrison showing NASA Lava Orange colored images
WHY? Why do they need to do this? Especially so intense saturation that you cannot see anything of value?
Oh yeah... I guess that's the plan :P
(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p42386.gif)
P42386 - Ushas Mons Volcano - 05/26/93
(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p42392.gif)
P42392 - 3-D Perspective of Ovda Regio - 05/26/93
(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p42393.gif)
P42393 - Another 3-D Perspective of Ovda Regio - 05/26/93
(http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/gif/p38218.gif)
P38218 - 3-D Perpective of Eistla Regio
Good Old NASA - Masters of Obfuscation
Speaking of Clear SkiesWhat I find amazing in the following images from the old Russian Venera space craft is how clear and bright the sky is, considering what we are told the atmosphere is supposed to be like
The Surface of Venus Revealed
Saturday, November 11th, 2006(http://wanderingspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/venera13_final_unmspsc.jpg)
Venera13(http://wanderingspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/venera_14_panorama.jpg)
Venera14QuoteDuring the cold-war between America and the Soviets the real race was to the moon, but once that race was won a lesser race began to see who would master Mars exploration. After an unbelievably long series of failed Soviet missions to Mars — America managed to take the lead position in Mars exploration as well, with the Mariner and Viking missions. So the Soviets turned their eyes to our other neighbor, Venus, which seemed to garner very little attention from America apart from a few flyby missions. The Russians had Venus all to themselves and really didn't have to be too concerned with anyone beating them to the punch.
So during the early 70's the Soviets managed to be quite successful with multiple Venera missions to Venus which included various flybys, orbiters, radar mapping of the surface and even multiple landings on the surface. Some of the missions had failed, but most completed their missions and we have the above color images to prove it. Recently though, I stumbled across these projections of the above images which I have never seen before.
The Surface of Venus Revealed (http://wanderingspace.net/category/venus/)
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QuoteSomeone who knows about such things, Don P. Mitchell (see more on his blog mentallandscape.com) had returned to the original data sent to us by the Venera spacecraft from over 30 years ago and with new computing techniques, managed to reveal to us Venus anew. Instead of just looking at some stones and tiny hints at what a Venusian sky might look like, these projections show what it might actually look like walking on the surface of Venus. The main part of the image above is a composite from spherical projections, which are seen at the top-right, remapped to perspective projections. The way the projection works is the closer you get to the very center of the image, the less accurate the representation may be. However, there is evidence in the data to assume most of what you see here even at the very center where the data was at most thin, is still fairly accurate.
Unfortunately the new projection images were only in black and white and i really missed what seemed to be really fascinating color from the original Venera images... so I tried to colorize it to match the originals.
This interpretation [below] is artistic and not based upon any data other than looking at the original images and trying to assume some of those colors back into Don's black and white image.
The Surface of Venus Revealed (http://wanderingspace.net/category/venus/)
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QuoteOriginally posted by SheopleNation
reply to post by Alienmojo (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread799708/pg9#pid13280699)
I want to believe that the photo is real probably even more than you do my friend, but it's impossible for me to know that. However, those cameras, let alone all the equipment would have burnt up miles above the surface of Venus. It's a fraud my friend. I don't like that answer either, but why even buy into a nation that lies all the time, not that we don't as well?
It is not a fraud it is created from the 360 degree panorama set
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QuoteThe Venera panoramas are spherical projections. They can be remapped to perspective projections and overlayed (using Adobe Photoshop CS2) to produce views that give a better subjective impression of the Venusian surface. In the overhead view, notice the shadowing around the lander. Surface illumination is from the uniformly bright hemisphere of the sky, but the lander blocks part of the sky from nearby ground.
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Venera 13 on left, Venera 14 on righthttp://mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm