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Venus Probe Returns First Images
The BBC reports on the first images returned from Venus by the EU probe. From the article: "They show the hothouse planet's south pole from a distance of 206,452km. Mission scientists are already intrigued by a dark 'vortex' feature which can be clearly seen in one image. Venus Express will orbit the planet for about 500 Earth days to study its atmosphere, which is thought to have undergone runaway greenhouse warming." They're offering some high-rez images of the planet at the ESA website.
Oh i dunno.. maybe the avergae temperature being on avg. 890F, for example?
Sending a probe to Venus ... $xx million dollars
... $x million dollars
... Priceless.
Getting back hi-res pictures of Venus under massive global warming
Realizing that this is what Earth might look at if we continue ignoring Global Warming
For everything else, there's Big Oil PetroldollarCard.
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>> Venus Express science team members say they want to know how these vortices remain stable and where they get their energy from.
If only ET would answer the phone, we could call them & ask which direction the water turns when they flush the toilet.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
This is what happens when Piracy drops to zero. See RIAA? Se what you are trying to do? You are trying to KILL US ALL!
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It's Venus after all -- and according to the book, that's where women are originally from.
The runaway global warming was probably caused by all their yaps going nonstop, a stream of hot air about "doing the dishes," "mowing the lawn," and "come look at this cute house I built in 'The Sims.'"
And, yeah, that dark vortex? That costs $15.99 a month, billed to your credit card under the name "OMFGSONOTPR0N.COM"
Thankfully my wife doesn't read slashdot or I could so get my ass...
Oh dear God -- CLOSE, CLOSE, CLOSE!!!
Nah, we're talking Europe here, buddy, so it's 467C. Lest we're talking astrophysics, in which case it would be 740 K.
oh yeah? 1381 rankine
I just hope it doesn't return to Earth and go berzerk. Lee Majors is looking a little long in the tooth to do anything about it these days.
Breakfast served all day!
That's as funny as a screen door on a battleship.
It's a direct result of the Great Pirate Migration that coincides with the beginning of our last ice age. The pirates of Venus were able to build a flying "ship" that they used to raid the next planet out from the sun. The Venutian government at the time was glad to see them go. Parlaimentary Spokesbabe Eep-ork-O'p said "Take your pirate asses off of Venus and don't come back. We don't need you guys after all." She later was quoted as saying "That was a damn silly thing to say" just before she evaporated in a puff of super-heated Venutian protoplasm.
We earthlings, the lucky recipients of this influx of pirates, have, until recently, enjoyed a relatively mild climate as a result and have chortled under our breath as we've watched our Venutian neighbors fry to a crisp.
man, I feel like mold.
Wow, they found an ozone hole on Venus too? ;)
Oh well, what the hell...