From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On Sep/30/2020 at 19:54, JF Mezei wrote :   
   > On 2020-09-29 16:35, jacob navia wrote:   
   >   
   >> Obviously at that temperatures and crushing pressures it would highly   
   >> surprising to see anything but rocks.   
   >   
   > As any scuba diver knows, the human body can live at great depths where   
   > pressures are many times that of sea level.  Where there is a danger is   
   > changing depths and the mixture of gases you need to breathe. (below   
   > certain depth, too much O2 will kill you).   
   >   
   > So the hot women of Venus can live at great pressures and stay there.   
   > But they would have a hard time moving to and perhaps surviving in what   
   > we consider normal pressure.   
   >   
   > In terms of heat, we do call the venusian women hot for a reason :-)   
   >   
   > Did some checking:   
   >   
   > Pressure at surface 93 bars. At that pressure water boils at 305.6°C,   
   > but surface temperature is listed as 467°.  But if there is a region of   
   > Venus that has tempoeratures never exceed 305°, then theoretically a   
   > water based life form could exist.   
      
   The very thick greenhouse gas atmosphere means that surface temperature   
   will be spread quite evenly throughout the planet. That same phenomenon   
   explains why global warming here on Earth is increasing temperatures in   
   polar regions much faster than in equatorial regions, the temperatures   
   are equalizing a little bit. So you will not find a region of Venus with   
   temperatures of 305 °C.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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