Tps Postcard From Venus Comp, Ideas, Resources etc Options

[djellison]

I've been trying to find a nice elevation map of Venus from Magellan data on which to start my work for this competition....and it's NOT easy - I found some .img's here
http://www-pdsimage.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mgn-...0/mg_3001/gtdr/

and attached is a mosaic I've put together of them all. It's a nightmare. I may just pull the section in the middle out as it's the only section without gaps, and then level off the values and see how it works as a terrain map, but I thought this would be an easy thing to find

Doug

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[JRehling]

I've been trying to find a nice elevation map of Venus from Magellan data on which to start my work for this competition....and it's NOT easy - I found some .img's here
http://www-pdsimage.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mgn-...0/mg_3001/gtdr/

and attached is a mosaic I've put together of them all. It's a nightmare. I may just pull the section in the middle out as it's the only section without gaps, and then level off the values and see how it works as a terrain map, but I thought this would be an easy thing to find

Doug

I found one somewhere that I used to help make this image... but I will have to search my home computer for the elevation map!

http://cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/rehling/astro/venus-oval.jpg

[djellison]

Anything and everything much appreciated, I've had a play with the middle part of that mosaic but it's no use to be honest.

I dont mind sharing my ideas - I want to have a full venus globe with clouds, then in the middle the clouds sort of 'part' to show a window into the surface to demonstrate the sort of 'peering thru the clouds' effect of picking certain wavelengths for the onboard camera etc

But under the clouds, obviously, I need something with some value, so the elusive elevation map remains a must-have

Doug

[RNeuhaus]

I like your idea. Another possibility would be a picture of VEx flying above the cloudy Venus and close to the Sun. An improvement of this, modify the clouds to be somewhat transparent to see a very superficial surface lines.... Just an idea

Rodolfo

[djellison]

Actually having VEX in 'shot' is a no no in the competiton description

Doug

[elakdawalla]

Just posting to point out that the contest closes on Friday...we still don't have nearly as many entries as we did for Huygens, so your odds are good

--Emily