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Shield Volcanoes: New Mexico and Venus
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Image Credit:
NASA/Lora Bleacher (left)
NASA/JPL (right)
Published:
June 9, 2021
Shield volcanoes like Sif Mons, the low mountain near the right-hand horizon in this computer-generated image of Venus, are common on planets and moons throughout our solar system. Planetary volcanologists test scientific hypotheses about how volcanoes form at sites like Aden Crater, a shield volcano in New Mexico.
The two prominent Venusian mountains shown here are about 750 kilometers, or 453 miles, apart.
