This is an image of planet Venus (nightside) taken with the AKATSUKI 2-μm Camera (IR2). "IR2 utilizes the atmospheric windows at wavelengths of 1.74, 2.26, and 2.32 μm; the first two suffer only CO2 absorption, while the last one contains a CO absorption band. At these wavelengths the outgoing infrared radiation originates from the altitudes 35 -- 50 km." Here 1.74 μm is blue and 2.26 μm is green and 2.32 μm is red.<br>The image was taken on 2016-07-11 ~14:10<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.darts.isas.jaxa.jp/pub/doi/VCO-00009.html">RIGHTS, CREDITS, LICENSES for the original data</a>
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