Venus Cloud Tops Viewed by Hubble
This is a NASA /ESA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of the planet Venus, taken on January 24 1995, when Venus was at a distance of 114 million kilometers) from Earth. Venus is covered with clouds made of sulfuric acid, rather than the water-vapor clouds found on Earth. These clouds permanently shroud Venus' volcanic surface.
This is a NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of theplanet Venus, taken on January 24 1995, when Venus was at a distance of 70.6 million miles (113.6 million kilometres) from Earth.
Venus is covered with clouds made of sulfuric acid, rather than thewater-vapor clouds found on Earth. These clouds permanently shroudVenus' volcanic surface, which has been radar mapped by spacecraft and from Earth-based telescope.
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About the Image
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9516g |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 21 March 1995, 20:00 |
| Size: | 170 x 248 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Venus |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet U |
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
