Could life have existed on Venus?, page 2
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reply posted on 7-7-2008 @ 06:49 PM by mc_squared
The Venusian atmosphere has been found to be sufficiently out of equilibrium as to require further investigation.[32] Analysis of data from the Venera, Pioneer and Magellan missions has found the chemicals hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) together in the upper atmosphere, as well as carbonyl sulfide (OCS). The first two gases react with each other, implying that something must produce them. In addition, carbonyl sulfide is noteworthy for being exceptionally difficult to produce through inorganic means. Were it on Earth, this compound would be considered an "unambiguous indicator of life". Further, it is an often overlooked fact that one of the early Venera probes detected large amounts of chlorine just below the Venusian cloud deck.

It has been proposed that microbes at this level could be soaking up ultraviolet light from the sun as a source of energy, which could be a possible explanation for dark patches seen on UV images of the planet.[34] Large, non-spherical cloud particles have also been detected in the cloud decks. Their composition is still unknown.


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Also if you look at the chart on that page, around a height of 50-55km in the Venusian sky, the conditions are much more "normal" in terms of Earth-like temperature and atmospheric pressure.

in the same way that bacteria have been found living and reproducing in clouds on Earth, it has been proposed that life could exist in the same area on Venus.[8] Microbes in the thick, cloudy atmosphere could be protected from solar radiation by the sulfur compounds in the air.



As for the conspiracy stuff:

That's a great point about how everyone talks about life on Mars and the Moon, two places we know quite a bit about (relatively), and yet no one seems to say anything about Venus - a place which is much more mysterious overall, and one where scientists freely admit life may exist today.

It's like it's no fun for them unless they can scream cover-up - that, and the fact that analyzing actual scientific data is much more boring than searching for rocks that look like things.



reply posted on 9-7-2008 @ 07:57 PM by vze2xjjk
reply to post by argentus

You might be more "on-track" than you realize,because other-dimensional beings probably are not so effected by what we experience and wouldn't know hot from cold(possibly),but would know energy levels. In that case there's much energy on Venus for those that have almost no density in our 3D world. Low density beings could exist many places where we would die.
The Moon,perhaps?



reply posted on 10-7-2008 @ 04:27 AM by InfaRedMan
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Why don't you stop hijacking the thread with you Mars tomfoolery. In case you didn't really notice - this is about Venus... not Mars. There are plenty of Mars threads here you can post you imaginary Martian friends on.


Back to topic, I believe Venus could have supported life at some point in the past - but whatever there was - if there was - was destroyed by the massive lava flows. All of Venuses crust is approximately the same age.. very strange indeed! Obviously a catastrophic event occurred somewhere it's past!

We still have so much to learn from Venus! What an interesting planet! Great thread (until vze2xjjk tried to mess it up).

IRM


reply posted on 13-7-2008 @ 11:00 AM by baburak
reply to post by vze2xjjk


stop posting this **** on every thread ... make your own and you can post those as more as you want....


About Venus ..... my theory is that Venus will once be able to hold life.

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