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Image caption: This picture taken by NASA's Mariner 10 probe shows what the planet Venus looks like when looking at it with naked eyes. Venus is enshrouded inside a thick cloudy atmosphere dominated by carbon dioxide, never revealing its hot surface.
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Credit Link
Related glossary terms: Inner Planet , Planet , Terrestrial Planet , Venus
Categories: Solar System

Image license: Public Domain Public Domain icons

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Captions in Different Languages:

French
Image caption: Cette photo prise par la sonde Mariner 10 de la NASA montre à quoi ressemble la planète Vénus lorsqu'on l'observe à l'œil nu. Vénus est enveloppée d'une épaisse atmosphère nuageuse dominée par le dioxyde de carbone, qui ne laisse jamais apparaître sa surface brûlante.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Related glossary terms: Planète , Planète intérieure , Planète tellurique , Vénus
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Gilles Remy

Italian
Image caption: Questa immagine, scattata dalla sonda Mariner 10 della NASA, mostra come appare il pianeta Venere se visto a occhio nudo. Venere è avvolto da una densa atmosfera nuvolosa dominata dal biossido di carbonio, senza mai rivelare la sua superficie calda.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Related glossary terms: Pianeta , pianeta interno , Pianeta terrestre , Venere (pianeta)
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Rodolfo Canestrari

Simplified Chinese
Image caption: 这张由美国宇航局水手10号探测器拍摄的照片展示了用肉眼观察时金星的样子。金星被笼罩在以二氧化碳为主的厚厚的大气中,从未露出炙热的表面。
Image credit: 美国宇航局/JPL-加州理工学院
Related glossary terms: 内行星 , 类地行星 , 行星 , 金星
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Hu Xueying

Traditional Chinese
Image caption: 這張由美國宇航局水手10號探測器拍攝的照片展示了用肉眼觀察時金星的樣子。金星被籠罩在以二氧化碳為主的厚厚的大氣中,從未露出炙熱的表面。
Image credit: 美國宇航局/JPL-加州理工學院
Related glossary terms: 內行星 , 行星 , 金星 , 類地行星
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: An automated transliteration from the simplified Chinese translation by - Hu Xueying