50 years ago, Arecibo got an unprecedented view of Venus’ surface
Excerpt from the February 12, 1972 issue of Science News
![a photo of the demolioshed Arecibo Observatory](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/012521_MT_50ya_arecibo_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Until its demise in 2020, Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was the world’s most powerful radar system for mapping rocky bodies in outer space.
University of Central Florida