Nighttime Near-IR Imaging of Venus’ Surface From Space and From Below Its Clouds

Anthony B Davis1, Kevin Baines2, Brian M Sutin3, Leonard I Dorsky2, James A Cutts2 and Paul K Byrne4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, MO, United States