![]() The landers that have visited the surface of Venus all perished rather quickly – the most impressive one lasting less than two hours. The pressure at the surface of Venus is about 100 times higher than that here on Earth, so if the sulfuric acid didn’t corrode the lander into non-functionality, and the temperature didn’t melt the thing, the pressure would surely flatten it. What we know of this bizarre world has been gleaned from a few orbiters and even fewer surface landers. If that wasn’t enough, sulfuric acid rains down from time to time, because who doesn’t like a little battery acid shower to cool things down, right? Still not enough? Two words: active volcanoes. The temperature is fairly steady, making both the daytime and the nighttime sides of the planet ludicrously hot. And since that cloud deck never dissipates, neither does the heat. Venus is actually a hellish world, permanently shrouded in clouds that do an incredible job of trapping the heat of the Sun, raising the surface temperatures to almost 900 degrees Fahrenheit. It really is a beautiful sight, wondrous to behold.īut things change when you look a little closer. ![]() The planet shines brilliantly whenever it is in our sky, dazzling the eye and often seeming to make it move, jiggle, flash, or change color to the human eye, making it one of the more commonly seen “UFOs”. Seen from Earth, Venus is the brightest object in our sky after the Sun and the Moon. Well, Venus the planet seems to be suffering from the same problem. In fact, the Greco-Roman pantheon of gods all seemed to be imbued with the worst traits of humanity, making the mythology surrounding them a set of torrid tales worthy of the steamiest nighttime television drama. Now, if you’re at all familiar with Roman (or for that matter, Greek) mythology, you’ll know that Venus wasn’t actually all that much of a beautiful person. Specifically, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. The only one of the eight major planets (or heck, even the original nine planets, for those who remember that) named for a female. No, I’m referring to the second planet from the Sun, Venus. Huh, that would be pretty egotistical of me, don’t you think? I’m Your Venus By Cosmic Strings In Cosmic Strings
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