This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
| This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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A Trip Into Space  Venus Global Views Venus - High Pass Filtered Color Image From 2.7 Million Km |
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| See also: Venus - Colorized Picture Taken From Galileo Spacecraft, Venus Fact Sheet, Venus - Color Enhanced Image From 2.7 Million Km |   |
Galileo image of Venus taken from 2.7 million km. In order to emphasize cloud features a high-pass spatial filter was applied and the image was colorized blue. The original image was taken through the violet filter. The sub solar point, indicating local noon, is the bright spot at right, and the evening terminator is at left. The clouds are moving to the west (left) at about 100 m/s (230 miles/hr) at the equator. Also visible are the polar hoods at top and bottom. Venus is 12,100 km in diameter and north is up. (Galileo, P-37222)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27