Bright spot on Venus |
Bright spot on Venus |
Jul 30 2009, 09:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
space.com story on mysterious cloud brightening on Venus:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0907...right-spot.html ...also spotted by an amateur astronomer. -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 4 2009, 01:48 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
I think the space.com article said "We have seen such events before". The article also has Venus express images of the bright spot (and e.g. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8179067.stm ). It takes some time before spacecraft data is sent to Earth and processed and I don't think there's money for someone to look at all the hundreds of images coming in in real-time. And even if they saw it earlier, I doubt they would have put it on the internet straight away without making a press release or finding out what causes it.
But ideally, they should put all images on internet straight away of course Even then, these things are probably quickest spotted by amateurs like everyone here. |
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