Venus
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Dark Vortex over South Pole of Venus
First image returned by the
Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS)
on Venus Express, 13th April 2006.
This false-colour, composite image shows Venus's day side at left and night side at right.