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Venus in Ultraviolet

Filed under pretty pictures, amateur image processing, Venus, Venus Express

Venus in Ultraviolet

The Venus Express orbiter revealed details in the planet's swirling clouds by ultraviolet light on August 5, 2012. I've removed a great deal of digital noise from this image, and added the blue-ish color.

ESA/W. Markiewicz (MPAe, Lindau)/Bill Dunford

Copyright holder: Bill Dunford

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about August 5, 2012

Comments:

Dr. Jim Vickrey: 04/08/2013 09:08 CDT

Exquisitely enticing, seemingly giving with one hand and taking back with the other; it must be the acid in the clouds.

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