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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The tops of the clouds on the night side of Venus are about -45°C. So it's not actually glowing like the image implies. But in infrared, you can reprocess the colours to make a delightful image like the above.

Well, I know you're implying the greenhouse gases will kill us all. And that might be true, but probably not in ten years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

God damn it, Troy... You're a absolutely right.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago

The picture is an collaboration by Damia Bouic and three professional scientists Thomas Widemann, Emmanuel Marcq, and Colin Wilson. Original images taken by Japanese satellite Akatsuki.

https://www.planetary.org/articles/0116-a-new-look-at-venus-with-akatsuki