Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Captures Venus Glare

In this screenshot from video, Venus approaches from the left. The planet's night-side, the part hidden from the Sun, appears as a dark semicircle surrounded by a bright crescent of light, on Aug. 9, 2021. European Space Agency/ATA MEDILAB via AP/ Screenshot via NTD

This is the moment Solar Orbiter passed Venus earlier this month.

The images show a dark area of the planet that is hidden from the Sun and a bright crescent of light—glare from Venus’s incredibly bright sunlit side.