Ionospheric Holes on Venus
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- Visualizations by:
- Brian Monroe
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The European Space Agency's Venus Express mission saw something it could not explain. It appeared that there were holes on the nightside of Venus' ionosphere. Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center investigated these mysterious holes, and found evidence that the sun's magnetic field lines may be penetrating through the planet.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Brian Monroe (USRA) [Lead]
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Video editor
- Genna Duberstein (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Glyn Collinson (Catholic University of America)
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Interviewee
- Glyn Collinson (Catholic University of America)
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Producer
- Genna Duberstein (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Videographer
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Project support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Series
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ID: 14095 Produced Video
NASA’s New Views of Venus’ Surface From Space
Read moreNASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space. Smothered in thick clouds, Venus’ surface is usually shrouded from sight. But in two recent flybys of the planet, Parker used its Wide-Field Imager, or WISPR, to image the entire nightside in wavelengths of the visible spectrum – the type of light that the human eye can see – and extending into the near-infrared.The images, combined into a video, reveal a faint glow from the surface that shows distinctive features like continental regions, plains, and plateaus. A luminescent halo of oxygen in the atmosphere can also be seen surrounding the planet.Link to NASA.gov feature.Link to associated research paper. ||
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