VENUS IS A BURNING-DESERT WORLD
Planet	Water	Greenhouse	Lightning	Spacecraft	Express	Transit	Resources

New research indicates Venus may have lightning similar to Earth. The lightning may be related to volcanic activity on the surface of the planet.

However, radio signals seem to indicate it is an activity that occurs during the afternoons in a heavy layer of clouds 35 miles above the surface, not from volcanos.

Learn more:

Venus
• Venus Planet Profile  NASA JPL
• Venus Described  SEDS Nine Planets
• Exploring Venus  STO
• Exploring Venus index  STO
• Planet Venus  STO
• Venus Water  STO
• Venus Greenhouse  STO
• Venus Lightning  STO

Venus Transit
• Venus Transit 2004  STO
• Guide to Viewing the Transit  Science @ NASA
• Guide to Viewing the Transit  Science @ NASA
• 2004 Venus Transit Resource Guide  NASA Sun-Earth Connection
• Movies and diagrams of the transit  Astronomy magazine
• Venus Transits of 2004 and 2012  NASA Goddard
• Guide to the Transit of Venus  Sky & Telescope magazine

Captain James Cook
• James Cook and the Transit of Venus  Science @ NASA
• James Cook and the Transit of Venus  Blue Latitudes
• James Cook Journals  National Library of Australia
• History of Cook's Endeavour  HM Bark Endeavour Foundation
• James Cook Transit Timing Measurements  Royal Society of London
• South Seas Voyaging  National Library of Australia
• James Cook Drawings of 1769 Venus Transit  Armagh Observatory
• Capt. Cook's Voyages  Linda Hall Library History of Science

Exploring Venus and the Solar System
• Venus Spacecraft  STO
• The Pioneers  STO
• The Voyagers  STO
• Exploring the Solar System  STO

How to watch the Sun safely
• Safe Sunwatching  Science @ NASA
• List of solar filter suppliers  Sky & Telescope magazine
• Solar Filter Safety  Sky & Telescope magazine
• Close-Up of a Star  Sky & Telescope magazine
• A Beginner's Guide to Solar Observing  Sky & Telescope magazine

Read more about the Solar System . . .
Star:	The Sun
Inner Planets:	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars
Outer Planets:	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto
Other Bodies:	Moons	Asteroids	Comets
Beyond:	Pioneers	Voyagers