A portion of Alpha Regio is displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus. Alpha Regio, a topographic upland approximately 1300 kilometers across, is centered on 25 degrees south latitude, 4 degrees east longitude. In 1963, Alpha Regio was the first feature on Venus to be identified from Earth-based radar. The radar-bright area of Alpha Regio is characterized by multiple sets of intersecting trends of structural features such as ridges, troughs, and flat-floored fault valleys that, together, form a polygonal outline. Directly south of the complex ridged terrain is a large ovoid-shaped feature named Eve. The radar-bright spot located centrally within Eve originally marked the location of the prime meridian of Venus, but the after the Venera missions, the prime meridian was redefined to pass through the peak at the center of the crater Ariadne. Magellan synthetic aperture radar data is combined with radar altimetry to develop a three-dimensional map of the surface. Ray tracing is used to generate a perspective view from this map. The vertical scale is exaggerated approximately 23 times. Simulated color and a digital elevation map developed by the U. S. Geological Survey are used to enhance small scale structure. The simulated hues are based on color images recorded by the Soviet Venera 13 and 14 spacecraft. The image was produced at the JPL Multimission Image Processing Laboratory by Eric De Jong, Jeff Hall, and Myche McAuley, and is a single frame from the movie released at the March 5, 1991, press conference.
Deutsch: Der dreidimensional perspektivische Blick auf die Oberfläche der Venus zeigt Alpha Regio. Das Zentrum dieses Hochlands von etwa 1300 km Durchmesser liegt bei 25 Süd / 4 ° Ost. Alpha Regio war das erste Oberflächenmerkmal der Venus, das 1963 durch Radarmessungen von der Erde aus sichtbar war. Das im Radar hell erscheinende Gebiet ist durch eine Vielzahl von sich schneidenden Strukturen gekennzeichnet, unter anderem Höhenzüge, Becken und Täler mit flachen Böden, die zusammen eine vielseitige Struktur bilden. Genau im Süden des kompliziert gebauten Gebiets mit Höhenzügen befindet sich ein großes, eiförmiges Gebilde, das den Namen Eve erhalten hat. Der im Radar hell erscheinende Punkt im Zentrum von Eve wurde zunächst als Durchgangspunkt des Nullmeridians der Venus festgelegt. Nach Abschluss der Venera-Missionen wurde dieser jedoch auf den Berggipfel im Zentrum des Kraters Ariadne verlegt.
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* '''Original Caption Released with Image:''' A portion of Alpha Regio is displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus. Alpha Regio, a topographic upland approximately 1300 kilometers across, is centered on 25 degrees south
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