Surface of Venus. Soviet radar image taken of Venus' northern latitudes by the Venera 15 and 16 spacecrafts in 1983. The images were presented to NASA

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Surface of Venus. Soviet radar image taken of Venus' northern latitudes by the Venera 15 and 16 spacecrafts in 1983. The images were presented to NASA by the Soviet Academy of Sciences during a December 1987 visit of NASA scientists to the Soviet Academy.

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