'Venus has "heavy metal mountains"'

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― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:30 (twenty years ago) link

But did the mountains come out of the sky and stand there?

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:32 (twenty years ago) link

You know, I'd been reading Heinlein for like six, seven years before I realized why he used "Venerian" for "Folks From Venus," and the epiphany was courtesy a health class and the mention of "venereal diseases."

That doesn't have much to do with this very cool article, though.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:32 (twenty years ago) link

And in other news.. I love this headline when taken out of context

http://www.quartzcity.net/~chris/blogpicts/space_rock.jpg

Hawkwind is at it again!

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:34 (twenty years ago) link

Pictured cults of Pantera and Cheap Trick getting set for their pilgrimages to the black void, initially.

Several explanations were put forward ranging from the presence of a loose soil to a coating of metal - specifically, tellurium.

Earth sci knowledge has gone begging. What's Tellurium actually composed of?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:35 (twenty years ago) link

Ground up remains of film industry assholes from the Telluride Film Festival. It has proven to be a rich loam of fertilizer.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:36 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.poshboy.com/Graphics/unit3_2.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 19:05 (twenty years ago) link

"but not romance" huh? what the hell does that mean?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 19:07 (twenty years ago) link

Easy: boys don't know shit about romance. Then they 'mature' into men...

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 19:15 (twenty years ago) link

sixteen years pass...

Venus has Phosphine in its atmosphere but while they're "with no currently known abiotic production routes" they're not 100% proof of life either

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1174-4

― StanM, Monday, 14 September 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link

proof of death. heavy metal mountains. hell yeah.

― andrew m., Monday, 14 September 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link

Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with heavy metal mountains

― pomenitul, Monday, 14 September 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link

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