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Cloud disruption at the lower atmosphere on Venus
Sequence of infrared images of the lower clouds on Venus, showing a consistent pattern of a planetary-scale cloud discontinuity.
Credits: Javier Peralta/JAXA-Planet-C team.
Venus cloud disruption (detail)
Example of undulations behind the discontinuity on the night side on 15th April 2016.
Credits: Javier Peralta/JAXA-Planet C team
Venus Akatsuki movie
Animation showing the Venus night-side lower clouds (around 50 km above the surface) in infrared light. Bright clouds are more transparent to thermal radiation emitted from the ground, than darker clouds.
Animated file available here.
Credits: Javier Peralta/JAXA-Planet C team
Venus Akatsuki movie
Animation showing the Venus night-side lower clouds (around 50 km above the surface) in infrared light. Bright clouds are more transparent to thermal radiation emitted from the ground, than darker clouds.
Animated file available here.
Credits: Javier Peralta/JAXA-Planet C team
Venus cloud disruption - Akatsuki, 2016
Pattern of cloud disruption seen in infrared images (night-side) taken by the Japanese space agency-JAXA Akatsuki Venus orbiter in 2016.
Credits: Javier Peralta/JAXA-Planet C team