False-colour image of cloud features seen on Venus by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC) on Venus Express is seen in this cool space wallpaper. The image was captured from a distance of 30 000 km on Dec. 8, 2011. The VMC was designed and built by a consortium of German institutes lead by the Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Katlenburg-Lindau. Venus Express has been in orbit around the planet since 2006.
Chasing Clouds on Venus Space Wallpaper
False-colour image of cloud features seen on Venus by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC) on Venus Express.
(Image: © ESA/MPS/DLR/IDA)
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