I'd like to take this opportunity to stake my claim on Venus' atmosphere...

et — 6/17/2006 6:00:32 PM (archived)

And possibly a portion of Earth's.
Carbon Dioxide has been pressurised into an ordered and hard solid. However, when depressurised it reverts to its conventional phase.

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I'd like to take this opportunity to stake my claim on Venus' atmosphere... - et - 6/17/2006 6:00:32 PM
- Jesus already promised - Adam - 6/18/2006 4:37:42 AM
  - Quenched carbonia - Adam - 6/19/2006 11:48:47 AM
- Sounds almost like oxygen-contaminated diamonds to me. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2006 6:54:56 PM
  - Sure, if those turn to CO2 gas at STP. (n/t) - et - 6/18/2006 4:18:37 PM
    - Speaking of Venus... - LJK - 6/19/2006 7:26:19 PM
      - Terrestrial planetary dynamics: a view from U, Th geochemistry - ljk - 6/21/2006 8:00:08 PM
        
        Two early JPL papers on Venus by Carl Sagan now online - LJK - 6/22/2006 1:54:54 PM
        
        Stephen Hawking: Earth Could Become Like Venus - LJK - 6/22/2006 8:07:46 PM
        
        High Accuracy Matching of Planetary Images - ljk - 6/23/2006 2:42:42 PM

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