| arya | Date: Monday, 11-April-2011, 10:35 PM | Message # 1 |
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| A giant vortex at the south pole of Venus is actually a shape-shifter that changes form at least once a day, at times bizarrely taking on the appearance of a giant letter "S" or the number "8," a new study reveals.
Venus, the second closest planet to the sun, possesses giant, hot and essentially permanent vortexes of clouds whirling fast at its poles. These result from how Venus' atmosphere circulates much faster than any other rocky planet's in the solar system — the cloud-level atmosphere of Venus on average spins 60 times faster than the planet's surface.
The vortexes cannot really be called storms, as scientists have seen neither rain nor lightning in them.
Full article/source - http://www.livescience.com/13650-venus-vortex-shape.html
Message edited by aryanwarrior - Monday, 11-April-2011, 10:37 PM |
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