[NASA] Venus Blows Off Some Steam

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Tall plumes of white vapor rise from the rocky Venusian surface in this April 19, 1977, artist’s concept.

NASA/Rick Guidice

Tall plumes of white vapor rise from the rocky Venusian surface in this April 19, 1977, artist’s concept. A little over a year later, NASA’s

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would launch as the first of a two-spacecraft orbiter-probe combination designed to study the atmosphere of Venus.

The first American spacecraft to orbit Venus, Pioneer Venus 1 used radar to map the surface of Venus. The probe found Venus to be generally smoother than Earth, though with a mountain higher than Mt. Everest and a chasm deeper than the Grand Canyon.

Thanks to exploration by Pioneer Venus 1 and other spacecraft like

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, and even the

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, we now have a much better view of what

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looks like.

Image credit: NASA/Rick Guidice

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