A Warning From Sister Venus
Recent observations and data analysis of our neighbor planet Venus have shown that it was once an aqueous planet. This is notably different from its state today as one of the most gaseous and toxic planets in our vicinity. Not to mention the heat! My God- The heat! Venus can reach an average temperature of 900 degrees F, mainly due to the amount of heat trapped in the cloud cover above the former oceans.
Venus has always had the appearance of a sister planet. Its similar size and proximity to Earth made it seem relatable. As a child, I thought that if there were a planet in our solar system that would have life other than our own, it would be Venus. It shines so brightly in the sky, appearing as a mystical guiding light. But something went terribly wrong there to make it one of the most uninhabitable places in our solar system.
Venus is like the example of what not to be. She is the older sister who took a wrong turn in life and wants to reflect this failure back to us, hoping to illuminate what we might become if we don’t be careful. It is assumed that Venus overheated early on during its formation because of naturally caused weather phenomena. The event created high water temperatures, increased evaporation, and a more dense cloud cover which thereby trapped the heat and perpetuated a continuous cycle of heat elevation. Basically the culprit for Venus’s death is heat trapped by greenhouse gases.
Prior to more recent discoveries, it was thought that Venus never had water or oceans. Newer research has now proven its existence. This revelation causes me to pause and think about our own water planet. Is it possible that one day we will cause our own planet to follow suit, totally ignoring the warnings of our sister who shines on us every night, bright as can be with an air of premonition? Will thousands and millions of years pass before some neighboring planet looks at us through an observation telescope thinking the same thing, with every shred of evidence that we even existed melting into the core of the burning ball that was once our home? Will we become another futile warning to future inhabitants, doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over again? I wonder how much more our planet can take — we burden her to the point of exhaustion, to the point of extinction.
Like parasites that eventually kill the host that they feed off of, we will likely kill our host, our home, without even thinking about our own demise. I’d say its time to do something, but that time has come and gone and here we still sit idly watching the beginnings of what is sure to be just the tip of the iceberg… or fire ball I should say.
