The Planetary Image Centre is home to the Planetary Geology Group of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London. It is based at the University of London Observatory Annexe in Mill Hill, North London.
Research is carried out by the members of the group into all fields of planetary geology.
The current programme of research concentrates on studies of Venus and the Moon. The work of our group shows the planet to have had a complex history. We are also involved in detailed studies of coronae, large volcanoes, and Great flows. An image of Heng-o corona taken by the Magellan spacecraft. Coronae are considered to be the result of upwelling magma and many have associated lava flows.