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It snows metal on planet Venus! There are two types that have been found, galena and bismuthinite.

It snows metal on planet Venus! There are two types that have been found, galena and bismuthinite.


But since it's so hot on Venussnow as we know it can't exist. Instead, the snow capped mountains are capped with two types of metalgalena and bismuthinite. ... As we now understand it, the snow on Venus' surface is probably more similar to frost. On the lower Venusian plains, temperatures reach a searing 480°C (894°F).Jun 12, 





Except that Venusian snow is mostly made from heavy metals. As you might expect from a planet with such an alien atmosphere, the snow which caps the Venusian mountains is seemingly no less exotic. With the high temperatures on the planet's surface, water ice is impossible 



It has been proposed that life on Venus could exist there, the same way that bacteria have been found living and reproducing in clouds on Earth. Any such bacteria living in the cloud tops, however, would have to be hyper-acidiphilic, due to the concentrated sulfuric acid environment.

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