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... Surface. Earth - like conditions in the atmosphere of Venus are found in the clouds . For example , at 50 kilometres alti- tude above the planet's surface , the pressure is one atmo- sphere and the temperature is 350 K ( 77 ° C ) . Tem ...
... Surface. Earth - like conditions in the atmosphere of Venus are found in the clouds . For example , at 50 kilometres alti- tude above the planet's surface , the pressure is one atmo- sphere and the temperature is 350 K ( 77 ° C ) . Tem ...
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... surface . Venera 8 measured the composition of surface materials and found them to be granite - like in a region where the planetary crust was undisturbed . Venera 9 and 10 found basaltic composition in a region near Beta Regio , which ...
... surface . Venera 8 measured the composition of surface materials and found them to be granite - like in a region where the planetary crust was undisturbed . Venera 9 and 10 found basaltic composition in a region near Beta Regio , which ...
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... surface . The means by which wind picks up , trans- ports , and deposits these materials , the changes of these materials by such activity , and the features formed on the ground surface by eolian erosion and deposition are the ...
... surface . The means by which wind picks up , trans- ports , and deposits these materials , the changes of these materials by such activity , and the features formed on the ground surface by eolian erosion and deposition are the ...
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