title: The color of the surface of venus.
abstract: Multispectral images of the basaltic surface of Venus obtained by Venera 13 were processed to remove the effects of orange-colored incident radiation resulting from interactions with the thick Venusian atmosphere. At visible wavelengths the surface of Venus appears dark and without significant color. High-temperature laboratory reflectance spectra of basaltic materials indicate that these results are consistent with mineral assemblages bearing either ferric or ferrous iron. A high reflectance in the near-infrared region observed at neighboring Venera 9 and 10 sites, however, suggests that the basaltic surface material contains ferric minerals and thus may be relatively oxidized.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pieters
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Head
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garvin
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authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Barsukov
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Basilevsky
authors.forename: I L
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authors.lastname: Khodakovsky
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Selivanov
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Panfilov
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Gektin
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Narayeva