Venus. Astronomy Guide to Space exploration close to home. Venus whose Greek equivalent was Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

Venus. Astronomy Guide to Space exploration close to home. Information on our solar system. Venus planetary data and graphics.

Venus whose Greek equivalent was Aphrodite was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It probably got its name from being the brightest object in the sky ...

In a region near Hestia Rupes on the NW corner of Aphrodite Terra lies a complex network of narrow (<1 km) bright channels.

Located on the slopes of Sif Mons, this area displays a simple sequence of events. The small shield volcanoes, features commonly found on Earth, ...

Scientists nicknamed this type of volcano a tick. About 66 km (41 mi) across at the base, this volcano has a flat, concave summit 35 km (22 mi) in diameter.

This false-color view of the volcano Sif Mons was generated from Magellan SAR data and existing altimetry data. The image shows a region of the volcano just ...

Venus Pictures Gallery. From Nick Greene, About.com ... Venus has been called Earth's sister planet, since it's fairly close in size (95%), has a density ...

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Located in the Atla Regio region of Venus is Sapas Mons. The sides of the volcano are covered with numerous overlapping lava flows, many of which appear to ...