Venera's Venus Images Have Nothing On This! | NASA Magellan

Astrum June 5, 2025
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Astrum Venus posters on Displate: https://astrumspace.info/Displates Venus wallpapers on Patreon: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF ▀▀▀▀▀▀ In this video, we take a look at the most detailed images of Venus’ surface ever obtained. NASA's groundbreaking Magellan spacecraft mapped an incredible 98% of Venus's surface with unprecedented clarity, peering beneath the planet’s dense cloud cover to reveal the hidden landscape like never before, and revolutionising our understanding of our neighbour planet. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ 01:34 The Veiled Planet 03:28 Engineering Innovations 06:14 The Images 09:10 Volcanic Pancakes 12:24 Coronae 15:08 Tesserae 17:07 Future Exploration ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Subscribe to our new channel! Astrum Earth: https://youtube.com/@AstrumEarth Astrum Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq3o3dpvBb173ZTKi?si=a90d3efe3b704c83 Astrum Infographic Artwork: https://electrify.art/collections/astrum Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord: https://discord.gg/TKw8Hpvtv8 Astrum Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumespanol Astrum Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChn_-OwvV63mr1yeUGvH-BQ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References: “Venus”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/venusinfo “Magellan”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/magellan “Magellan Mission Information”, via web.archive.org https://astrumspace.info/magellaninfo “The Magellan Spacecraft at Venus”, via astrosociety.org https://astrumspace.info/magellanupdate “Data Base of Impact Craters on Venus”, via usgs.gov https://astrumspace.info/venuscraters “The Surface of Venus”, via oxfordre.com https://astrumspace.info/venussurface “Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/volcanicactivity “Coronae formation on Venus via extension and lithospheric instability”, via wiley.com https://astrumspace.info/venuscoronae “Venus’ Ancient Layered, Folded Rocks Point to Volcanic Origin”, via ncsu.edu https://astrumspace.info/volcanicorigin “NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/futuremissions ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Credits: Writer: Julia Masselos Video Editor: Nathália Huzian Researcher: Edie Abrahams Script Editor: Damaris McColgan Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard Channel Manager: Georgina Brenner Executive Producer: Raquel Taylor Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan With special thanks to: NASA/ESO/ESA #astrum #venus #magellan