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ARC-1990-AC91-2005
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Range : 60,000 miles This image is a false-color version of a near- infrared map of lower-level clouds on the night side of Venus, obtained by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard Galileo. Taken at an infrared wavelength of 2.3 microns (about three times the longest wavelength visible to the human eye) 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-AC91-2005. NASA/ARC, 1990-02-10. Public domain. ID: ARC-1990-AC91-2005.
