At altitudes of more than 3 kilometres above the planet's plains,
Venusian mountains reflected Magellan's radar signals much more strongly than ordinary rocks, just as if they were covered by ice.
«This is especially true of the
mountain paintings and the circular canvases in the first gallery, among them «Night Above the Woods» (2001), a deep eggplant, and «the
venusian atmosphere» (2001), a chalky violet.