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New Map Hints At Venus' Wet, Volcanic Past
Matt_dk writes with this excerpt from Space Fellowship: "Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus' southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with a plate tectonics system and an ocean of water. The map comprises over a thousand individual images, recorded between May 2006 and December 2007. Because Venus is covered in clouds, normal cameras cannot see the surface, but Venus Express used a particular infrared wavelength that can see through them."
Venus... Wet... Volcanic... - sounds like the perfect title for some strange alien porn :-)
That title would have been so much better if it was:
"Infrared Scan Of Venus' Southern Regions Hints At Wet, Hot Past"
The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with a plate tectonics system and an ocean of water.
Yep. Until the Venusians burned all those fossil fuels and released all that CO2....
Why is that so many people who dream of colonizing other worlds and traveling faster than light rarely leave their own houses?
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When over 2000 year old, not hot and steamy you will be, too!
I mean, get real, she might have been a hottie in her past, but that's like lusting for your grand-grand-grandmother's friend...
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We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
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