This image of the Venus vortex is taken 24 hours after the first of the series, or after one complete Venus Express orbit. Here the vortex has become more circular and less elongated. The yellow dot marks the location of the south pole. Credit: ESA/VIRTIS/INAF-IASF/Obs. de Paris-LESIA/Univ. of Oxford

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