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Venus Probe Returns First Images

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the check-out-the-umm-clouds dept.

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.

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  1. Re:well duh or why Venus is Not Like Earth by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 1, Troll

    Oh i dunno.. maybe the avergae temperature being on avg. 890F, for example?

    Personally, I think it was a severe lack of Mint Juleps and Long Island Iced Teas.

    That and having all one's wooden stir sticks light on fire.

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  2. What's Venus Like... by JamesF1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let's think about this for a second... What should Venus be like...

    ~ Not a lot of water.
    ~ Extreme temperatures.
    ~ No sign of intelligent life.

    Does that ring a bell? Oh wait, it's exactly like the rest of the planets in our solar system...

    And we just wasted *how* much money on finding that out?