The belt of Venus (named after the Roman goddess Venus) is a pink to brownish border separating the dark shadow band of the earth from the sky above it. It is best visible when the atmosphere is cloudless, yet very dusty, just after sunset. The twilight wedge is then rising over the eastern sky and the backscattered red sunlight at the border of the wedge can then be identified as the belt of Venus.
The second image is a panorama created by stitching three images together, vertically. To know more about belt of Venus, click here => APOD: 2001 December 9 - The Belt of Venus
The second image is a panorama created by stitching three images together, vertically. To know more about belt of Venus, click here => APOD: 2001 December 9 - The Belt of Venus
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