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NASA probe captures optical images of Venus’ surface

10 Feb 2022 Margaret Harris
WISPR images of Venus
Dark highlands, bright lowlands: Images captured by the Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instrument during a flyby of Venus, strung into a video and showing the nightside surface of the planet. (Courtesy: NASA/APL/NRL)
New images from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe offer a rare glimpse of the surface of Venus as the huma

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