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Altimetry of the cloud tops
04 DEC. 2008 publication date 1418 Views

A Venus Monitoring Camera ultraviolet image with a superimposed colour mosaic, showing the altitude of the cloud tops. The colour mosaic was derived from simultaneous pressure measurements by the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer.

Credits

VMC ultraviolet image: ESA/MPS/DLR/IDA VIRTIS: ESA/VIRTIS/INAF-IASF/Obs. de Paris-LESIA

Licence

ESA Standard Licence

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