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Venus has an ozone layer
October 7, 2011 at 3:16 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15203281
Quote:Scientists have discovered that Venus has an ozone layer.
The thin layer, which is hundred of times less dense than the Earth's, was discovered by the European Space Agency's Venus Express craft
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RE: Venus has an ozone layer
October 7, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Is it just me or is Venus getting uppity? She has a knockoff ozone layer now, well, good for her.
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RE: Venus has an ozone layer
October 7, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Neat. That seems to be (maybe) osme evidence of Venus having a much more habitable history (like Mars) before things literally went to hell. That's an exciting prospect considering that it may hold far more secrets behind that sexy, sexy veil of horrifying acid clouds and its horrifying hellscape of a surface.
On a seporate note, wouldn't it have been more appropriate if DOOM had been a portal to Venus instead of Mars?
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RE: Venus has an ozone layer
October 7, 2011 at 4:25 pm
I for one welcome our new ozone-producing Venusian overlords.
