Venus vortex: initial images from capture orbit

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English - June 27, 2006 14:00 - 4 minutes - 4.02 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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ESA Project Scientist Hakan Svedhem on the first-ever clear views of a mysterious vortex taken during Venus Express' initial capture orbit. The orbit was a not-to-be-repeated opportunity to image the hothouse planet in a wide field of view as Venus Express looped below the southern pole.

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