An Epic, Planet-Scale Wave Has Been Hiding in The Toxic Clouds of Venus For Decades

Deep in the thick, poisonous clouds wrapped around Venus, the atmosphere is behaving very oddly. A giant, previously unknown planet-scale wall of cloud travels westward around the planet every 4.9 days – and apparently has been doing so since at least 1983.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

An Epic, Planet-Scale Wave Has Been Hiding in The Toxic Clouds of Venus For Decades

Deep in the thick, poisonous clouds wrapped around Venus, the atmosphere is behaving very oddly. A giant, previously unknown planet-scale wall of cloud travels westward around the planet every 4.9 days – and apparently has been doing so since at least 1983.

more…

I’ve seen something like this before. Once. In one photograph of Venus. I wondered what the heck it was.

This new imagery is at least 100 times as detailed as the image I saw before. Amazingly good. Now we’re all wondering what causes it.

mollwollfumble said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

An Epic, Planet-Scale Wave Has Been Hiding in The Toxic Clouds of Venus For Decades

Deep in the thick, poisonous clouds wrapped around Venus, the atmosphere is behaving very oddly. A giant, previously unknown planet-scale wall of cloud travels westward around the planet every 4.9 days – and apparently has been doing so since at least 1983.

more…

I’ve seen something like this before. Once. In one photograph of Venus. I wondered what the heck it was.

This new imagery is at least 100 times as detailed as the image I saw before. Amazingly good. Now we’re all wondering what causes it.

I just have to look at this image again.