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Originally posted by tracehd1
reply to post by Ahmose
You said :
"Just soo used to people around here being entirely uneducated in regards to astronomy and claiming "weird" things that are not really weird at all, I guess ive become cynical and desensitized to it all. lol "
Isn't 1 of the points of ATS is to ask questions? Educate yourself w/ the facts at hand...rely on fellow ATS'ers back-grounds and experience to help us understand what we're seeing in this case for example?
The OP found this shadow strange....they asked the question's they needed to understand what they're seeing.
You never know...you might learn something Un- expected. How does one become a Professional Astronomer like you with- out being excited and asking questions. You act as if a personal crime has been done against you.
You take the excitement out of it for anyone w/ interest by treating them less then you are. Is it a crime to have less of an IQ such as yourself?
I remember some stories in history of huge science discoveries from people that were not educated in the field to your satisfaction, but trying to self educate by simply being interested and excited at what they had saw and was able to document.
Give people a break....let them be excited and ask questions...that's how people learn...that and a patient kind heart.
edit on 4-5-2012 by tracehd1 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Manhater
Explain this. Does not look like storm clouds or dust to me.
Originally posted by realeyes
I was taking some photos earlier and got a few snaps of Venus, definitely crescent shaped and not lens flare or bokeh. I have a whole series of these.
Originally posted by Thebel
I say its just artifact, could be compression error or something.
Venus doesn't have storms, since wind needs temperature difference. Venus doesn't have temperature differences since it acts like greenhouse. There is only slight temperature difference on night and day side.
Get better camera, not iPhone and use telescope with camera.edit on 4-5-2012 by Thebel because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Ahmose
Originally posted by ErgoTheConfusion
reply to post by Ahmose
Please watch the video. This isn't the dark/light side phases that are being shown.
My apologies.
Just soo used to people around here being entirely uneducated in regards to astronomy and claiming "weird" things that are not really weird at all, I guess ive become cynical and desensitized to it all. lol
Watched the vid...
and I have no real explanation for what Im seeing... yet. lol
Anyway, thanks for making me watch it. lol
Will be breaking out a scope tonight to check it out up close though.. for sure.edit on 4-5-2012 by Ahmose because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by artistpoet
You may find this interesting regarding storms on Venus
Magnetic storms spotted on Venus
www.nature.com...
Originally posted by artistpoet
reply to post by NotAnAspie
Yes agreed it would be good to know if magnetic storms caused a visual difference that we could see through optics
By the way Venus spind the opposite way round to other planets including Earth of course
It is termed retrograde I think
Why Venus Spins the Wrong Way
www.scientificamerican.com...