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The clouds of Venus whip around the planet at over 200 miles per hour, circling the globe in about four and a half days. That these hurricane-force winds cover nearly the entire planet is another unexplained mystery, especially given that the solid planet itself rotates at a very slow 4 mph.
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Venus as imaged by NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974.
Venus as imaged by NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974.