Venus on the evening of Apr 29, 2007 at 21:06 CDT. The entire planet is always totally cloud covered. But cloud bands can be imaged when the seeing is steady using an ultraviolet filter and a sensitive camera. Jim Melka
Venus on the evening of Apr 16, 2007 at 21:05 CDT. Seeing was exceptionally steady and transparent that allowed some resolution of the cloud bands. These images are dark-frame subtracted. Good seeing. Jim Melka
Venus Infrared Image on June 10, 2015