Venus is a near-twin of Earth in size, but is a vastly more hostile environment.
High atmospheric pressure with lead-melting temperatures of around 900° Fahrenheit make this a place to admire from a distance.
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Thanks for giving this thread its own topic.
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Good Lord. What an amazing sight. My children are right here and both of them just literally gasped when they saw the photo.
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03/30/2002 4:37:47 AM PST by
riley1992
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Thanks for this great image! I do a lot of work with fracture patterns, so I doubly appreciate this high resolution image.
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03/30/2002 6:46:46 AM PST by
Graewoulf
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Now the Astronomy Picture of the Day has its own topic!
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11 posted on
03/30/2002 11:13:42 AM PST by
trussell
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Looks like it's covered with dirt bike tracks.
12 posted on
03/30/2002 12:49:59 PM PST by
aimhigh
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Thanks so much! I have bookmarked this site. I had it years ago, but forgot about it when I changed computers.
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