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   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Joel Polowin  schrieb:   
   > _Obviously_ the phosphine signatures that have been detected in the   
   > atmosphere of Venus are due to the Pernese dragons that jumped to   
   > what they thought was the "Red Star" with its corrosive atmosphere,   
   > using their phosphine-based flame to destroy Thread.   
      
   Surely not, it's the protomolecule.   
      
   (Actually, it's very probably wild UV-induced chemistry.   
   In the absence of oxygen and with UV light from the Sun,   
   just about anything can form and be fairly stable).   
      
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