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Friday, June 25, 2010

The Tropics of Venus


This UV image of the Venus "tropics" was taken by the Venus Express Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC) from a distance of approximately 15,000 km (orbit #920, 27 October 2008). The southern pole is in the upper right corner of the image. The dark area in the lower left is the sub-solar region; small-scale wind streaks on its border mark regions of vigorous dynamics.

Photo credit: ESA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Notes: For more information, see Venus Express Shows Off New Findings at Major Conference.

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