The weather on Venus, July 23, 2007.
Again, the lighter areas show sulfuric acid clouds. Scientists believe the acid clouds are produced from water vapor and sulfur dioxide gases which are found in small amounts near the planet's surface. When an atmospheric process lifts them above the cloud cover, 70 kilometers (43.4 miles) above the planet's surface, they are bombarded by solar ultraviolet radiation which causes them to break apart and reform into sulfuric acid. The same process causes smog on Earth.
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 Time Traveling, are we? Wolfie2K3 | 03/03/08 |
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