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Showing posts with label Chasing clouds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chasing clouds. Show all posts

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Chasing clouds on Venus


Often spotted clouds blue sky of Earth, but Venus is never clear. This planet is permanently surrounded by a solid covering of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, about 20 kilometers thick.

This image, taken by the European spacecraft Venus Express on December 8, 2011 when it was at about 30,000 miles from Earth, shows the top of the clouds of Venus in ultraviolet wavelengths.