• A series of six infrared images of the planet venus show temperature patterns at the world's southern pole. Two small red smudges at the center of each image, representing the eyes of a massive hurricane, change shape and size in each image.
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    Six sequences of images (in false color) taken by the Ultraviolet/ Visible/ Near-Infrared spectrometer (VIRTIS) on board ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft between 12 and 19 April 2006, during the first orbit, or ‘capture orbit’, around the planet.

  • A series of six infrared images of the planet venus show temperature patterns at the world's southern pole. Two small red smudges at the center of each image, representing the eyes of a massive hurricane, change shape and size in each image.

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April 19, 2006

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