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Experts Puzzled By Bright Spot On Venus
Hugh Pickens writes "BBC reports that astronomers are puzzled by a strange bright spot which has appeared in the clouds of Venus, first identified by US amateur astronomer Frank Melillo on 19 July and later confirmed by the European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft. 'I have seen bright spots before but this one is an exceptionally bright and quite intense area,' says Melillo. The bright spot has started to expand since its first appearance, being spread by winds in Venus' thick atmosphere. Scientists are unsure as to what is causing the spot. 'An eruption would have to be quite energetic to get a cloud this high,' said Dr. Sanjay Limaye of the University of Wisconsin. Furthermore, at a latitude of 50 degrees south, the spot lies outside the region of known volcanoes on Venus. Another potential source for the bright spot are charged particles from the Sun interacting with Venus' atmosphere. It's also possible that atmospheric turbulence may have caused bright material to become concentrated in one area. 'Right now, I think it's anybody's guess,' adds Limaye."
Space aliens may actually be real. God not so much.
Wow, you are sooooo edgy! Do you wear a black leather jacket (or black trenchcoat maybe?) and listen to industrial music while maintaining your awesome cynical attitude?
Seriously, grow up. You make the rest of us atheists look bad when you act like such an arrogant little prick.
I'm sure that somebody will suggest that U.S. capitalists are somehow to blame for it and will vigorously argue to extract billions from the U.S. economy to fix it.