Weird wave found in Venus’ wind-whipped atmosphere
10,000-kilometer-long stationary feature may have been the biggest of its kind in solar system
PUT A BOW ON IT A bow-shaped structure arches vertically across Venus in this infrared image taken with JAXA’s Akatsuki spacecraft. Whiter colors represent warmer temperatures, showing that the odd structure is hotter than other areas of the atmosphere.
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