The closest planet to Earth is a big letdown.
Pratically the same size as our home planet, Venus however, was dealt a hellish fate. A greenhouse effect took over and it turned into an enormous poisonous planetary sauna.
Sulfuric acid clouds engulf the entire circumference of the planet making it impossible to image its surface from Earth.
Solar System Today managed to visualize the blanketing clouds in two frequencies: Ultra Violet and without any filters. Also we debunked the long held notion that the inner planets cannot be seen fully illuminated from Earth.
MEADE 14” LX200, SBIG ST2K. Exposure time: 6 x 0.1 seconds in high resolution with UV Filter.
Image development in CCDops, Maxim DL4 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended