The Clouds of Venus

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The MESSENGER probe, en route to Mercury, passes by Venus. I've stretched the contrast to draw out details in the cloud tops, which look nearly undifferentiated to the unaided eye.

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/Bill Dunford

Copyright holder: Bill Dunford

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about June 5, 2007