Venus
On it's way to Jupiter, the Galileo spacecraft made a flyby of Venus for a gravitational assist.  These photos were taken at that time- shortly before the Magellan mission arrived at Venus to begin it's extensive mapping mission.  This does not show tremendous detail, but the sphericity is plainly visible.

Source page:  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo/cruise/venus/venus.html



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