Observe a volcanic peak on Venus captured by Magellan spacecraft
Volcanic peak on Venus captured by Magellan spacecraft.
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/SDOImages collected by the Solar Dynamics Observatory in many wavelengths of the six-hour transit of Venus across the face of the Sun, June 5–6, 2012.
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