Posted on 06/13/2015 7:28:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
It was an old movie in the mid to late 70s.
When I was a kid, I read an article that claimed if you could somehow stand on the highest point on Venus (and not die instantly), the pressure and nature of its atmosphere would bend the horizon and would allow you to look out and see the back of your own head stretched out across the sky.
I have no idea if that is even remotely true, but it’s a very neat thing to ponder.
I remember reading that as well! ;-)
I also recall reading that if you could get in a blimp and soar a couple of miles up on Venus, the temperature and pressure would be quite comfortable.
And then there's Mars. Often, publications will inform us that the surface temperature on Mars at the hemisphere during the summer can reach a balmy 80 degrees.
Very true.
What they don't expand on is that this is the "surface" temperature. Because Mars' atmosphere is so thin, the temperature on the surface and the temperature 6' above the surface can be wildly different.
Your toes might be enjoying a balmy 80 degree surface temperature. Your nose has frostbite at 40 below.
“...it would shatter upon impact a meter below...”
“To Build a Fire”, Jack London.
http://www.amazon.com/Have-Space-Suit-Heinleins-Juveniles-ebook/dp/B004XD1NJW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434270082&sr=8-1&keywords=have+space+suit%2C+will+travel
It must have been Neptune -- that wouldn't have happened with Uranus. ;)
Countdown to Pluto’s closest approach July 14
New Pluto images from New Horizons.
http://scitechdaily.com/new-pluto-images-from-new-horizons/
Less than a month!
I can hardly wait.
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