IR1 Nightside image of Venus photographed by IR1 at 1.01 µm

A 1.01-µm nightside image of Venus taken by IR1 (1-µm camera) on January 21, 2016 at 00:38. What you see here is mainly the distribution of thermal radiation from Venus' surface, with the dark spots indicating plateaus with low temperatures. The large, low-temperature area is a plateau called Aphrodite. The simulation depicts geometric height differences using light and dark and was created with support from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).

Data Descriptions

Position of spacecraft