Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This rotating map of Venus shows the location of coronae, weird circular volcanic features on the surface of Venus due to plume of rising mantle material hitting the crust and deforming it. This process may still be going on *today*; white circles are inactive plumes but red circles show very young features indicating current activity.

Credit: Anna Gülcher
Original: https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/4631