Rays cast in a computer intersect the surface to create a three-dimensional perspective view. Simulated color and a digital elevation map developed by the U.S. Geological Survey are used to enhance small-scale structure. The simulated hues are based on color images recorded by the Soviet Venera 13 and 14 spacecraft. The crater is located to the north of Aphrodite Terra and to the east of Eistla Regio at 12.5 degrees north latitude and 57.2 degrees east longitude. Mead is a multi-ring crater with its innermost, concentric scarp interpreted to be the rim of the original crater cavity.
Radar illumination is from left to right.
View of surface from Russian Venera spacecraft. Sources of Earth and Planetary Photography - a guide to ordering data products.