DVIDS - News - Peering through the clouds of Earth's 'Evil Twin' surprises NRL sky watchers
Peering through the clouds of Earth’s ‘Evil Twin’ surprises NRL sky watchers Photo By U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | When flying past Venus in July 2020, Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument, short for Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, detected a bright rim around the edge of the planet that may be nightglow — light emitted by oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere that recombine into molecules in the night side. The prominent dark feature in the center of the image is Aphrodite Terra, the largest highland region on the Venusian surface. Bright streak...
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