4.6K views · 286 reactions | NASA just announced that 2023 was the hottest year on record. In the 1970s, observations of our 900-degree F neighbor, Venus, prompted NASA scientists to start monitoring the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on our own planet's global temperatures. https://go.nasa.gov/3U0uqVs | NASA Solar System Exploration | Facebook

Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. This topography map of Venus shows the higher continents of Venus in shades of red and white. The continent along the equator is named Aphrodite Terra after the Greek goddess of love and the continent near the top is named Ishtar Terra after the Babylonian goddess of love. #happyvalentinesday #scienceonasphere #noaa #love #science #space #venus #planets #topography | NOAA Science On a Sphere