Venus is Glowing

Venus   (from Pompeii, 1st century BC)

‘Tis the season of love, so you might expect that the goddess of love would be glowing.

And her planetary namesake is glowing, as well.  But not necessarily from love.  Venus is literally hot, so hot that it shines like “iron pulled from a forge.”

How do we know?  For the first time, NASA was able to photograph the actual surface, which is heavily enshrouded by clouds.  This was accomplished by the Parker Solar Probe as it makes its way toward the Sun.  Its WISPR camera was able to “see” through these cloudy layers.

Resources

https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-pics-show-venus-surface-230120320.html