A Flight Over the Surface of Planet Venus

VENUSIAN FLYOVER
In this latest video, the target of interest is the second planet from the Sun, Venus. We begin by diving into its clouds of sulphuric acid and then fly over its surface for a short distance to view its desolate, volcanic landscape. Although there appear to be no active volcanoes at present.
Venus truly is a hell hole. It's the hottest planet in the Solar System - even hotter, somewhat paradoxically, than Mercury, which is closer to the Sun. And the reason for this is Venus' super-dense atmosphere. It's a thick shroud of carbon dioxide, around 93 times denser then Earth's own skies, and all that gas has created what astronomers call a runaway greenhouse effect, trapping the heat and keeping it there. It's a stark reminder of just what greenhouse heating can do. The average temperature here is a staggering 460 degrees Celsius or 860 Fahrenheit. Leave a slab of lead, zinc or tin on the surface rocks and it'll literally melt. And because of the atmosphere's incredible density, its pressure is roughly equivalent to 900 metres underwater here on Earth. Not a hospitable place.
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Created using Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
and Adobe After Effects.
All imagery and text is © 2018 Mark A. Garlick.
All rights reserved.
Thunder sound effects by www.freesfx.co.uk
Music ‘Video Game Blockbuster’ by Rafael Krux
See also markgarlick.com and space-art.co.uk
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[@bloodbath_angel3017]

The cameraman desserve an oscar after surviving all of that

[@spaceboffin]

😂

[@Dakito_688]

To survive on a planet like Venus be a camera man

[@LSchelvin71]

It just video

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

Not really. Camera man attached the camera to a drone and controlled it from a van parked just outside venus.

[@puppiesarepower3682]

Maybe he should just slap Venus. Smith did and got away with it.

[@gezzarandom]

Venus has always fascinated me, how a planet so similar in composition to our own but yet so different in everything else.

[@DemoniaCph]

Venus has been the prime target of my scientific work and I have been blessed to work with the great people who took part in projects from Venera-9 to VeGa and Venus Express. Thank you for the fantastic video.

[@spaceboffin]

DemoniaCph thanks for your kind comments. Best wishes to you.

[@bhaaratsharma6023]

Thanks for sending your drone to Venus to make this video. Really appreciate

[@spaceboffin]

My pleasure! The drone didn't make it...

[@rizkmarshall8818]

I love venus so much

[@augustuslovett3117]

me too! :)

[@AverageAlien]

it is a literal hellscape though

[@douglaswilliams6834]

If you somehow beamed onto the surface, a la Star Trek, you would only love it for less than a second. ;-)

[@spaceboffin]

@@douglaswilliams6834 A femotosecond, more like!

[@Definitely_Hawks]

Venus loves you to as it is the goddess of love

[@ryanthomas3554]

Awesome...very realistic! To actually see the surface of another world with your own two eyes would have to be an incredibly moving experience. I'm sure this is as close as I'll ever get. Thank you!

[@spaceboffin]

Thanks Ryan.

[@thebuniverse6739]

Russia should invest on space mission again, the soviet was determined to explore beyond earth, dont let that dream die.

[@thespaceram2879]

Soviet communism is burned to a crisp on venus. Lets send all the other idealism of evil communism there including fascism.

[@thespaceram2879]

@Katerina Valentin socialism is oppressive communist crap like fascism is oppressive communist crap. Neither are worth a penny. They both are deceitfully bad.

[@MaxAltair]

Venera D will be launched on 2024, with a lot of improvements.

[@boxingfrog]

@@thespaceram2879 Fascism is a right wing ideology bro lol

[@SarionFetecuse]

@@thespaceram2879 So democracy too?

[@pjperdue1293]

I can't help but think of the deep-sea hydrothermal vents in our oceans, at a depth of 5,000 meters (or 500 atmospheres). Life is teeming around these vents; specialized bacteria utilize the high density of sulfur or methane that's released, to create food. Temperatures reach 400°C (750°F). If life can be found in abundance there, which is much more "hostile" than Venus, it's not a stretch to believe in life on Venus, even if microbial. So it's a Hell planet to humans, but could be a paradise to other life forms.

[@spaceboffin]

I tend to agree. And Venus may have been more clement in the past. But one thing is missing from the mix right now: water.

[@zuulthemonster3222]

Life in planet Venus is a living hell!!!

[@smolspidey6185]

Venus is my favorite planet.

[@nathanhidajat8997]

What? If you go there, Venus may kill you by its toxic and poisonous atmosphere and may cook you on its surface.

[@matthewvwuk]

@@nathanhidajat8997 It is not 'Venus may kill you or cook you' but 'Venus will kill you & cook you'! With surface pressure 90 times more than Earth's & a dense carbon dioxide rich atmosphere with clouds of sulphuric acid no human being however protected has NO chance of survival on Venus!

[@kylebroflovski1052]

Getting out of bed must really be hard for venusian aliens with those pressures

[@addie-eileenpaige6460]

The music for this is very well done.

[@spaceboffin]

Yes, I love it as well. Thanks for commenting.

[@matthewvwuk]

Thank you for posting this video, an amazing animation of what Venus is really like with its rocky volcanic surface with that unthinkable high temperature of 460C or so under that orange/yellow appearing dense thick carbon dioxide rich atmosphere with sulphuric acid clouds with constant lightning & thunder too I assume! Not a planet you would want to visit unless the space craft is specially designed to withstand all of that heat & pressure & a space suit that is designed likewise too! I can imagine it must smell really bad there & all of that heat & pressure doesn't bear thinking about! Amazing from another world keep up the good work my friend!

[@spaceboffin]

Thanks, Matthew. Yes, it might smell terrible - but you'd never live long enough to smell it if you tried removing your helmet to take a whiff! Cheers.

[@easytoremembereasytodelete958]

Oh, the future of the earth looks nice.

[@AverageAlien]

Yeah sure, get that .8% co2 to about 100x as much first

[@Inmate533]

Anthropomorphic climate change hoax aside, it's the fate of all celestial bodies in our solar system that are close enough to the sun to be roasted as the sun ages.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Yep...this is the future of Earth if climate change continues out of control.

[@marcpremo3732]

@@StormsparkPegasus It is no matter what when the sun starts dying and getting hotter. There's no way we'd survive anywhere near long enough to witness this firsthand

[@phairecouchpotato3912]

nice, I think I'll take a vacation there with my girlfriend. How much are the plane tickets?

[@spaceboffin]

You must love your girlfriend very much. Not!

[@phairecouchpotato3912]

@@spaceboffin Don't be jealous, I'll take you to Titan with me next. We can go scuba DIVING lol

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

@@phairecouchpotato3912 I heard that Pluto have wonderful weather around this season.

[@ScottNguyenRCAC]

The price of the plane ticket is one life

[@mirrormask7946]

Planes just don't go there!!! You need rockets and/or space shuttles for that!!

[@matodiniv]

Not gonna lie, half expected a Legendary Glowing Deathclaw to be roaming the surface

[@MetallicaKing48]

I think Venus is a prime example of what can become of Earth in the long run after so much time of global warming. Only Earth could become a steam ball planet.

[@spaceboffin]

Yes. In fact the Earth WILL go this way once the Sun's luminosity starts to become too great - about a billion years. Billions of years before the Sun becomes a red giant, the Earth will be sterile.

[@josesantos2603]

I don't know why, but I love this planet

[@gammadelray1225]

By far my favorite planet in the solar system. I’d give ANYTHING to be able to safely go to Venus and see this for real.

[@spaceboffin]

You and me both. Thanks for commenting

[@hhhfal]

This planet fascinates me, idk why

[@skullykarlani3697]

A flight to your channel to subscribe is more realistic and attainable for yourself and me! Epic video!

[@spaceboffin]

Thanks!

[@Xbrh4499]

Venus, or as I like to call it, the DOOM planet, it's actually terifying to think about it. But if there was a DOOM game hosted on Venus, I would consider buying it.

[@afaz4070]

Venus is Earth's evil twin

[@Dakito_688]

We can't go there but just imagine the scene. what if we landed on venus and we seeing the most unbelievable weather and sky Just imagine that what if only you're the one who is alive and there is no one except you. The feeling is more terrible and exciting at the same time...😱🤩

[@ManahManah77]

Everyone thinks Venus is so hot. I always thought Serena was the prettiest.

[@mrhatman675]

Roger is tennis

[@aashirsiddiqui5203]

Why this is such an underrated video? Why???

[@spaceboffin]

Probably because I don't spend ages and ages on KZbin interacting, so I don't get many followers.

[@kroliknor]

Wow! Very well done!

[@eggxecution]

Temperature is very hot but the rocks don't melt. Hmm might be a suitable material for cover against the sun?🤔

[@1haust]

can't wait till they know everything about venus and we can explore venus in video games

[@ItsKapow]

Amazing work Mark!

[@spaceboffin]

Thank you kindly

[@isaac__mccormick1738]

Looks like the crust of my brownie

[@HapNStance]

Fantastic and inspiring.

[@spaceboffin]

Thanks!

[@HapNStance]

You're welcome. Your skill making videos is pretty amazing.

[@spaceboffin]

Thanks again. Very hard getting any kind of recognition, though. Hardly ever seem to get liked, shares or subscriptions. These can take weeks or months. :-(

[@HapNStance]

I totally understand. I am having the same problem with my videos. Admittedly, I need to work on some issues...in particular color banding, but I will keep plugging along.

[@redfire281GT]

Mark A. Garlick ive shared this a few places. Hope that helps because this is a fantastic video

[@luxorion1]

Very nice work Mark !

[@spaceboffin]

Thanks so much for commenting!

[@cavesinger5441]

How is he not famous with this beautiful animation

[@spaceboffin]

Not very prolific on social media. No desire to promote my work by giving presentations, etc. Thanks for commenting.

[@realtrickybilly]

These videos could be extra video additions to your books on a cd or KZbin. Keep up the good work.

[@spaceboffin]

trickybilly thanks. I have a publication coming out this week called Story of the Solar System. It's a bookazine - previously published in 2002 as my first book. It includes links you can scan on certain pics to see animations.

[@ALR27]

I like how no one talks about how mars' moons are mars and venus' children phobos and deimos in mythology

[@bryancabrera1220]

I have to confess that I have a curiosity to know what planets look like, but I also have a phobia of watching these videos. I can't do it, sorry.

[@corpsi9761]

"I'm your venus, I'm your fire and your desire "

[@matthewvwuk]

Alright Bananarama!

[@MaxAltair]

Men, Space Engine needs talents like you!!

[@travistenkorang5706]

Very well done animation, Mark! Would it be possible for you to do an animation on the death of our Sun (when it uses up all its hydrogen and turns into a red giant), a random hot Jupiter being destroyed by its parent star or the newly discovered Ross 128 b (an Earth-like planet orbiting the red dwarf star Ross 128 b)? Also, do you think Venus has thunderstorms like Earth?

[@spaceboffin]

Travis Tenkorang Hi thanks for commenting. Yes I could do any of those. I have done a rocky planet being destroyed in a supernova but it's not yet online. I believe astronomers have detected indirect evidence of lightning on Venus. And anyway.... it looks cool!

[@DemoniaCph]

Venus scientist here. The existence of lightning activity has been an issue for a long time. Everybody thinks they should exist because of indirect indications, however a direct detection to close this question is yet to be made.

[@Drago1995]

my favourite planet

[@GoofyRiderFilms]

Scary af

[@rizkmarshall8818]

Goofy RIDER2 your dp as shown that hmmm

[@GoofyRiderFilms]

@@rizkmarshall8818 😐 Thats an old dp sorry if it was cringey

[@lachainespatiale1731]

WOW 😍

[@spaceboffin]

La Chaîne Spatiale thanks!

[@teetywoo3156]

Thank god for earth

[@chtitesescapades7401]

WOnderfull Job ! GG !

[@Nice-Lemonade]

It looks like the glowing sea lol

[@ra_alf9467]

Haha, yes indeed

[@emergencyone1respondingvid842]

I wish we can build a stronger robot that has cannot be melt on the surface of the venus. and to operate on venus surface and take a hundreds of shot around venusian surface.

[@milky_wayan]

NICE

[@spaceboffin]

Milky Wayan thanks so much

[@RJW1977]

Cool video, but the only problem is that there wouldn’t be a heat distortion at the surface. The distortion is created by a temperature difference between warm and cold air, and the surface temp of Venus is very uniform. You might see a distortion higher in the atmosphere where the temp begins to drop.

[@spaceboffin]

Thanks for the info!

[@mnxnm]

I wish they make new Venus mission. Russian or American, it does not matter. With real robotic rover or drone.

[@radinelaj3932]

Instead of Mars/Venus, why he/we doesn't/don't make/ convert deserts into a habitable area, there is lots of surface there, many people can live there ( if there are the conditions). Big cloud project : You can make/produce a( thick harmless) giant cloud above Africa/ deserts ( covering it all), it can decreasing 30% of heat, or more . Thermos project : You can make giant thermos in deserts , building cities inside it , but filling its walls with air( not with vacuum),that is easier , important is to be the dark/ shadow between two walls of giant thermos,that is sufficient , is it not necessary to make vacuum inside the walls of thermos , but is sufficient be /set the dark/shadow between two walls of thermos, that is sufficient to create a cool area inside the thermos( without vacuum),( similar things ), so it is giant thermos almost( it is not exactly a thermos). Hole project : You can dig/ pierce make make a giant hole inside ( under of surface of deserts building many cities/neighborhoods inside it( like giant thermos inside it ) , it would be cool weather( normal temperature )there , ( under the surface) Floating islands( project) : You can choose/ find positions on ocean's surface which has normal temperature ( cool weather) and build floating islands there . There is a lot of surface there.

[@RoterZwerg]

Dude - You have this amazing talent I lack of to make my channel clean from stranger things!

[@spaceboffin]

Haha. I got bored after the first two seasons!

[@RoterZwerg]

@@spaceboffin Well, animation is protracted... but you created great things :)

[@michaeltsantini1955]

Amazing, What's your sound track? It's really cool.

[@spaceboffin]

Thanks. I can't remember. It's credited at the end

[@seeptv7580]

Bruh did I just watch the new game of thrones trailer 😩🤔😂😭🌊

[@roflryan1]

Chuck Norris has an awesome sauna.

[@thatredmanguy]

That's why it crushes anything that lands there

[@nnoscc5231]

If you posted this a couple of years ago I guarantee you would get alot of likes Maybe

[@yosafatenduro]

Thanx for this footage and still survive in hellish planet for us

[@TheOurSpaceOfficial]

Can you make a video for other planets in the solar system? But with an aspect ratio of 9:16 Do you have an instagram account?

[@spaceboffin]

Hi. Yes I'm @spaceboffin on both Twitter and Instagram. Don't use Instagram much really.

[@ryanmac323]

How is their life on this planet

[@szebike]

High pressure and temperature on surface =gigawatts of free energy.

[@Monia-Hime]

I wish we could tour Venus for weeks or months like in the video. I bet we could discover many things on the history of the planet that way.

[@tk9839]

Soviet scientists were ahead of the game in many ways...

[@space6057]

I wonder... Could Samus Aran's varia suit survive the surface of venus?

[@spaceboffin]

No idea what that is, sorry!

[@trentparker3701]

Is the lightning goldish coloring

[@vibinseal]

ok so thats where we go when we die....right?

[@Xx_LowNSlow_xX1]

Looks like Red Dead Redemption

[@mechanwhal6590]

Least hot day in Texas:

[@NC_Isro_64]

Air resistance and air pressure would be hard to fly

[@nosequeponer654]

So this is what the earth will look like when the sun becomes a red giant

[@spaceboffin]

Not quite. Long before the Sun is a red giant, Earth will become a moist greenhouse, due to increased amounts of water vapor in the atmosphere as the Sun gets more luminous and evaporates the seas. When the red giant stage comes, billions of years later, the Earth will likely be devoid of atmosphere.

[@sideburngthepeacebringer27]

It could be sooner due to global warming.

[@billwest7481]

This is a better choice than Mars. The gravity is close to Earth .9gs. Cloud cities and subsurface are doable. Its 158 degrees f and same pressure as Earth 30 miles above surface...no space suit required.

[@davidnoble8002]

There are a number of problems with this debate. Number 1 even if temperatures were more tolerable in the upper atmosphere another problem is that atmosphere could still be considered toxic and especially if there is no oxygen on Venus especially when outside, number 2 158 degrees you might be able to survive in, but could still be too hot even if you went naked where there could also be a high risk of death from heat stroke if you do not die first from the toxic atmosphere if you at any point in time go outside without a spacesuit on, number 3 the planet is way too hot and toxic to have any humidity or even water besides maybe water vapor which by itself water vapor is not enough to keep you hydrated, and number 4 making a sky city I do not think could possibly exist in real life beyond fiction such as Star Wars for example.

[@epicsportsvines9770]

Humans really just left Venus after destroying it with greenhouse gases and moved to earth on a spaceship named after the “Arc” project.

[@GabiN64]

there is life there

[@MarcusHelius]

Doesn't Jupiter's atmosphere count as being the densest?

[@spaceboffin]

It depends which point you define as the end of the atmosphere and the beginning of its liquid mantle. It's not entirely clear. Perhaps to be clearer I should have said densest terrestrial atmosphere.

[@elizabethjorgensen5876]

Anyone want to vacation on Venus? 😆

[@spaceboffin]

You first!

[@teamatfort444]

looks like a place from star wars

[@Thomeeno]

53 miles west of Venus!

[@chrisf6037]

beautiful surface but obviously not livable hehe

[@gustavopaz5453]

So much for a planet named after the goddess of love. XD

[@TheRojo387]

The imaging must be night vision.

[@michaelfallon6382]

God damn Jesus do be sending da sinners to Venus though

[@jodohmu8974]

Venus is habitable

[@Location8]

dat intro just hurts

[@spaceboffin]

Yeah, probably right! I'll change it in future vids.

[@Juuk-D]

I want too shoot a music video on Venus how can i get there cheapest? Tryed sending Elon Musk a mail but he dident reply, maybe it was a fake email

[@spaceboffin]

You still want to go there after seeing this? You must be a sucker for punishment! :-)

[@Juuk-D]

@@spaceboffin i mean wouldnt i pretty much go night night instantly?

[@spaceboffin]

@@Juuk-D Yep!

[@adamsolidmagmahalkaydenise7978]

This gave me anxiety

[@spaceboffin]

Sorry to hear that. Earth will be like this one day but not for a good billion years, give or take. Rest easy.

[@sideburngthepeacebringer27]

@@spaceboffin Might be sooner than you think.

[@lilianac676]

That's not venus that's titan planet

[@sideburngthepeacebringer27]

Titan is similar to Venus as Titan does have an greenhouse effect.

[@dakotawhisman]

What if Venus actually is hell and our sun is heaven

[@baldigamer100vr3]

backrooms planet

[@greywolf4704]

So this is the planet women supposedly "come from" . Makes sense . Lol

[@randysnewbiebluesrockguita7782]

All this about a Hell planet with unreal pressure and toxic gas, Yet Japan's prime Ministers wife ( past PM ?) claim's to have been to Venus and said it's beautiful there. LOL I think she may have misunderstood about just WHICH planet she was on with the Alien's.

[@marcw2604]

Venus looks like a small gas planet.

[@spaceboffin]

It does indeed because you only see the atmosphere. Titan likewise. Thanks for commenting.

[@mohammedzulk8485]

💓Venus my 🔥 hot neighbour 💓 🚀

[@Scriptum_1]

Ugh ! Why this planet is called Venus? It should be Medusa, Stheno or something like that

[@setira8081]

Lies! Venus is tropical

[@spaceboffin]

Shh, don't spread it about, man, everyone will want to go.

[@davidgilbertotorresvargas7749]

@Mark A. Garlick I am doing a video about Venus atmosphere for a Chemistry Teaching Channel, I really like to use your animation of the atmosphere, it is a very realistic one.

[@spaceboffin]

What is the channel? Is it monetised?

[@davidgilbertotorresvargas7749]

@@spaceboffin not yet, I only have interest in the storms because I am explaining the chemistry of Venus' mesosphere and there are quite few images

[@davidgilbertotorresvargas7749]

@@spaceboffin kzbin.info/door/QNdLuXtQGXsgM269lvi8uw

[@spaceboffin]

@@davidgilbertotorresvargas7749 Ok, you may use it. Please credit me Mark A. Garlick / markgarlick.com - in the video description and, if any, in the end credits. Thank you. And let me know when it's done.

[@davidgilbertotorresvargas7749]

@@spaceboffin I appreciate that, thank you so much

[@muamaralkaddafi8765]

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