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Venus' mysterious night side revealed
« on: September 16, 2017, 05:29:47 am »
Venus' mysterious night side revealed
September 15, 2017
 


Scientists have used ESA's Venus Express to characterise the wind and upper cloud patterns on the night side of Venus for the first time–with surprising results.

The study shows that the atmosphere on Venus' night side behaves very differently to that on the side of the planet facing the Sun (the 'dayside'), exhibiting unexpected and previously-unseen cloud types, morphologies, and dynamics - some of which appear to be connected to features on the planet's surface.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-09-venus-mysterious-night-side-revealed.html#jCp
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Re: Venus' mysterious night side revealed
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2017, 11:16:05 am »
This is neat stuff!

Not surprising that theyd see a difference but it's interesting to see what they found. 
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Re: Venus' mysterious night side revealed
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2017, 06:10:35 pm »
Venus is one messed-up planet.

Makes me wonder how it got that way...   :pondering:
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Re: Venus' mysterious night side revealed
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2017, 11:31:52 pm »
Quote from: Ghost Bear on September 16, 2017, 06:10:35 pm
Venus is one messed-up planet.

Makes me wonder how it got that way...   :pondering:

Just a little too close to the sun, and no moon to help strip away excess atmosphere.
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Re: Venus' mysterious night side revealed
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2017, 06:12:36 am »
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