With
the aid of a new European space probe,
Venus was found to have frequent
bursts of
lightning.
Previously,
in 1978, NASA sent a probe in which it reported mostly interference, but they theorized
from the information that there may be electrical activity on Venus. Newer
technology has now proved this idea to be true.
The
discovery of lightning means little to nothing, however, but it does seem cool
that another planet has lightning like Earth.
The
lightning bursts on Venus are sent from one sulfuric acid cloud to another and
are about thirty five miles above the, more than, nine hundred degree
(Fahrenheit) surface. The light show, ironically, is impossible to see and the
atmosphere is one hundred times denser than Earth's.
David
Grinspoon of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science said "We consider
this to be the first definitive evidence of abundant lighting on Venus."
Los Angeles geophysics professor C.T. Russell
explained, "It may be Earth's 'evil twin,' but it is in many respects
Earth's twin."