Science
A super speedy acid cloud has been hiding on Venus for decades – Space.com
Lurking just below the atmosphere of Venus
is a wall of acid clouds that whip around the planet at speeds close to that of a commercial air jet on Earth.
The newly discovered atmospheric “feature” looms about 31 miles (50 kilometers) below the thick cloud tops of Venus and is extensive, sometimes stretching as far as 4,660 miles (7,500 km) across the equator and mid-latitudes of Venus. And it’s been there for at least three decades.
It may seem odd that such a huge feature went undiscovered …
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