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Topographic Venus
Submitted by David on Tue, 2006-03-21 05:02.
POV-Ray and similar programs can realistically map images onto geometrical shapes. This is Venus, stripped of its atmosphere and colored with a topographic map compiled from Magellan data. The scorpion-shaped "continent" Aphrodite Terra is visible in the lower right, while the high mountains Maxwell Montes show up as a red streak near the north pole. Similar things can be done with any planet which is well-mapped -- Mars, Earth, the Moon, the Galilean satellites of Jupiter, etc. |