NASA spots first evidence of an active volcano on Venus – in a big pile of CD-ROMs
Astronomers have uncovered the first evidence of an active volcano on Venus, using computer images captured more than 30 years ago by a NASA spacecraft.
Researchers working on NASA's VERITAS* spacecraft, expected to launch within a decade to study Venus, decided to dig through a mountain of CD-ROMs containing archives of data taken from Magellan to study the planet's volcanic activity. The photos were snapped at the Atla Regio – an area near Venus's equator that is home to two of the largest volcanoes: Ozza Mons and Maat Mons, measuring hundreds of kilometers in diameter. Images taken between February and October 1991 show Maat Mons was active during that time.
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