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ARC-1990-A91-2001
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Range : 60,000 miles These images are two versions of a near-infrafed map of lower-level clouds on the night side of Venus, obtained by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard the Galileo spacecraft.The map shows the turbulent, cloudy middle atmosphere some 30-33 miles above the surface, 6-10 miles below the visible cloudtops.
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Credit lineARC-1990-A91-2001. NASA/ARC, 1990-02-19. Public domain. ID: ARC-1990-A91-2001.