Venus’s pale yellow clouds may hide something surprisingly dark

Venus looks pale yellow in ordinary visible light, but the view changes dramatically in ultraviolet wavelengths. There, dark and bright features sweep across the planet's upper sulfuric acid clouds. Scientists have observed these patterns for about a century, yet the substance producing them, known as the "unknown absorber," has never been identified.

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