I obtained a detailed profile of Venus from one of my transit images. It reveals some interesting aspects about the planet:
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Immediately noticable is how non-circular it is in profile. In addition, note how flat it is in the southwest quadrant as opposed to the northeast. Also, you can see huge mountains (at about 5:30 and 11:00) and deep valleys (particularly at 9:00 and 3:30) and generally a very uneven surface, much more uneven than the Earth is in profile (of course, the profile of the Earth is much subdued because of the presence of the oceans - even so, Venus' profile indicates a huge range of topography). And finally, note that you can see features in the atmosphere, the haze that surrounds the planet in this image. Also note that relative to its size, Venus' atmosphere is much thicker than Earth's, and much more turbulant and uneven in it's apparent thickness. That's one messed up planet, for sure.
Immediately noticable is how non-circular it is in profile. In addition, note how flat it is in the southwest quadrant as opposed to the northeast. Also, you can see huge mountains (at about 5:30 and 11:00) and deep valleys (particularly at 9:00 and 3:30) and generally a very uneven surface, much more uneven than the Earth is in profile (of course, the profile of the Earth is much subdued because of the presence of the oceans - even so, Venus' profile indicates a huge range of topography). And finally, note that you can see features in the atmosphere, the haze that surrounds the planet in this image. Also note that relative to its size, Venus' atmosphere is much thicker than Earth's, and much more turbulant and uneven in it's apparent thickness. That's one messed up planet, for sure.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
