'Venus has "heavy metal mountains"'

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

Fuckin' ROCK. Very interesting discovery, actually!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

airbrushed panel vans to thread

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

But did the mountains come out of the sky and stand there?

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

You know, I'd been reading Heinlein for like six, seven years before I realized why he used "Venerian" for "Folks From Venus," and the epiphany was courtesy a health class and the mention of "venereal diseases."

That doesn't have much to do with this very cool article, though.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

And in other news.. I love this headline when taken out of context

http://www.quartzcity.net/~chris/blogpicts/space_rock.jpg

Hawkwind is at it again!

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Pictured cults of Pantera and Cheap Trick getting set for their pilgrimages to the black void, initially.

Several explanations were put forward ranging from the presence of a loose soil to a coating of metal - specifically, tellurium.

Earth sci knowledge has gone begging. What's Tellurium actually composed of?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Ground up remains of film industry assholes from the Telluride Film Festival. It has proven to be a rich loam of fertilizer.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.poshboy.com/Graphics/unit3_2.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

"but not romance" huh? what the hell does that mean?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Easy: boys don't know shit about romance. Then they 'mature' into men...

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

sixteen years pass...

Venus has Phosphine in its atmosphere but while they're "with no currently known abiotic production routes" they're not 100% proof of life either

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1174-4

― StanM, Monday, 14 September 2020 15:48 (six years ago)

proof of death. heavy metal mountains. hell yeah.

― andrew m., Monday, 14 September 2020 17:07 (six years ago)

Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with heavy metal mountains

― pomenitul, Monday, 14 September 2020 17:09 (six years ago)

three years pass...

I forgot that JAXA had worked around the broken engine and navigated Akatsuki into orbit around Venus. I completely missed the photos too!

https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x1256_crop_center-center_82_line/20180113_uvi_20160723_084730_365_l2b_v10_PRGB_composite.jpg
https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/20180113_ir2_20161019_143332_226_l2b_v10_PRGB.jpg

― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 30 July 2024 21:45 (two years ago)

Earth needs wimmin

― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 30 July 2024 21:55 (two years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.