Venus
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Venus in the evening sky. Shots that show both Venus and Mercury are available

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Venus in the evening sky.
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Venus in daytime sky as a tiny disc

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Venus in daytime sky as a crescent
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Venus in daytime sky as a thin crescent
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Venus from Australia
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Phases of Venus. Both Venus and Mercury go through phases like the Moon because they are inside Earth's orbit
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Clouds of Venus, photographed by Mariner spacecraft. False colour
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Another Mariner 10 view of the clouds of Venus, taken in 1974
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One of a series taken by Pioneer spacecraft in 1979
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Venus cloud tops from Pioneer. False colour, contrast enhanced
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Pioneer image showing the 'Y-shaped' formation of Venus's clouds
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Topographic map of Venus based on rader data. Available with and withoug annotation of the various regions
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Globe of Venus with relief, based on Pioneer radar data
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One of five hemispheres of Venus from Magellan radar data
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Alternate colouring of radar-based hemispheres
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Sif Mons, with lava flows. This and following images have exaggerated relief
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Western Eistla Regio, with Gula Mons volcano on horizon. Magellan image
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Maat Mons volcano, 8 km high. Colour added to radar image
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Three impact craters in Lavinia Planitia: Howe, Danilova and Aglaonice
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Oblique view of Venus's terrain, reconstructed from Magellan radar data
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Another view of western Eistla Regio, with Glua Mons and Sif Mons
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Radar image of Sapas Mons volcano. Magellan data.
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Impact crater Dickinson, flooded with lava
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80-km long lava flow in Navka Planitia
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Impact crater in Guinevere Planitia.
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Impact crater in central Eistla region
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Volcanic 'pancake' domes 
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Golubkina impact crater, 34 km across. Magallan radar image
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Arachnoid features on Venus. Magellan radar image
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Oblique view of Lakshmi Planum, showing Maxwell Montes
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False-colour view of Lakshmi Planum from Arecibo radar
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1874 transit of Venus, from US Naval Observatory. Others from sequence available
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Surface of Venus from Venera 13 – left half
The other Venus lander images are black and white
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Surface of Venus from Venera 13 – right half