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Jet-setting atmosphere

A fast equatorial jet in the Venusian cloud layer has been revealed by the Akatsuki orbiter by tracking cloud movement in near-infrared images. The findings suggest that the Venusian atmosphere is more variable than previously thought.

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Figure 1: Variable cloud motions in the atmosphere of Venus.

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Hauchecorne, A. Jet-setting atmosphere. Nature Geosci 10, 622–623 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo3022

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