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Amateur photographer captures stunning picture of Venus setting beneath Dorset beauty spot Durdle Door

Ollie Taylor captured the incredible imageover the Isle of Portland

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THIS is the moment Venus peeped out from between iconic Dorset beauty spot, Durdle Door.

Amateur photographer Ollie Taylor captured the planet setting over the Isle of Portland on Thursday evening.

Amateur photographer Ollie Taylor captured Venus setting over the Isle of Portland through the archway of Durdle Door
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Amateur photographer Ollie Taylor captured Venus setting over the Isle of Portland through the archway of Durdle DoorCredit: OllieTaylor/BNPS

Venus - dubbed the evening star - always appears brightest in the sky because it's so close to Earth.

Scientists believe its thick clouds reflect most of the sunlight that reaches it.

But behind its beauty may be a chilling secret.

Venus is also called the evening star, and often appears to be the brightest light in the night sky
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Venus is also called the evening star, and often appears to be the brightest light in the night skyCredit: OllieTaylor/BNPS

NASA thinks Venus could have been lived on for 2 billion years and was a lot like Earth.

New modelling done by the space agency’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) indicated the planet could have enjoyed a vastly different past to its current form.

Venus as we know it is a hellish place with surface temperatures as high as 462C.

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Its carbon dioxide atmosphere is 90 times as thick as Earth’s and it is made up of almost no water vapour.

 Scientists have long believed Venus was once made up of similar elements to Earth but given its proximity to the Sun took a different evolutionary path.

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