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False-colour perspective view of Sedna Planitia, one of the plains of Venus south of Ishtar Terra. The edge of a tessera is visible on the right. The crater on the far right is about 15 km (9.3 miles) in diameter. The image was created using data from the Magellan spacecraft.
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