Back in July 2020, the Parker Solar Probe research apparatus, flying past Venus, captured it. And only now
It is worth noting that the WISPR tool thatmade the picture, consists of several telescopes with digital matrices sensitive to the visible range of electromagnetic radiation. So, in the picture he captured, you can see two important objects. In particular, a bright glow is evident at the edge of the disk of Venus. According to the researchers, it is triggered by oxygen atoms in a chemical reaction on the night side of the planet. The second important detail was the dark spot in the center of the visible part of the disk of Venus. Experts find it suspicious that it coincides with a hill on the surface called the Land of Aphrodite.