Venus from Open Space Wall Art space 400 light-years away

400 light-years away

and more "fingers" can be seen nearly face-on

Ansae are visible areas of overdensity — they commonly take looping

The VST field of view is so large that the entire nebula

At the time of this image (1:10 p

Venus from Open Space Wall Art space 400 light-years awayVenus is a dim world of intense heat and volcanic activity. Similar in structure and size to Earth, Venus' thick, toxic atmosphere traps heat in a runaway 'greenhouse effect.' The scorched world has temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Glimpses below the clouds reveal volcanoes and deformed mountains. Venus spins slowly in the opposite direction of most planets. Distance from the sun: About 67 million miles, about 3 4 as far as the Earth is from the