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Image: Venus as captured by Mariner 10

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Description: Using an ultraviolet filter of imaging system, the photo has been color-enhanced to simulate Venus's natural color as the human eye would see it. Venus is perpetually blanketed by a thick veil of clouds high in carbon dioxide and its surface temperature approaches 900 degrees fahrenheit. Launched on 11/3/73 atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket, Mariner 10 flew by Venus on 2/5/74.
Title: Venus as captured by Mariner 10
Credit: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=339 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/7544560662/ (image link)
Author: NASA
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License: Public domain
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