They’re alike in size, density, gravity, and physical makeup. Wikipedia, Explorations and Observations of Venus Two competing theories explained the unusual radio spectrum, one suggesting the high temperatures originated in the ionosphere, and another suggesting a hot planetary surface. Kuzmin indicated much lower temperatures. Strangely, millimetre-band observations made by A. Mayer et al., indicated a high-temperature source (600 K). Among the speculations on Venus were that it had a jungle-like environment or that it had oceans of either petroleum or carbonated water.

This was due to the planet’s size and orbital radius, which suggested a fairly Earth-like situation as well as to the thick layer of clouds which prevented the surface from being seen. Why did we initially think more about Venus?īefore radio observations in the 1960s, many believed that Venus contained a lush, Earth-like environment. And they, they had been on Venus all their lives, She had come here only five years ago from Earth, and she remembered the sun and the way the sun was and the sky was when she was four in Ohio. Before we thought of inhabiting Mars, we were obsessed instead with Venus, and this is reflected in science fiction from the mid 20th century: Not sure if the colonisers have kept Earth time even on Venus, but we can assume they have.) The social dynamics on the playground also feel (blessedly) more 1950s than 2020s.ĭURATION - A little over two hours. The children play like 1950s children (not with devices, say, or technology of the future which we can’t even imagine today). But these humans have on-the-page migrated from America to Venus one of the families is thinking of going back.Īlthough this story is set in the distant future, it’s really a 1950s story. There’s a theory that life originated on Venus and then somehow seeded here on Earth. If this story were written today, it’d make more sense to set it in the distant past. It takes place sometime in the future, when humans have the technology to colonise Venus. PERIOD - This story takes place at a completely different time from our present. “All Summer In A Day” is a story of its time, written in an era when people believed Venus probably looked like a jungle. It’s interesting to see how science fiction evolves alongside our increased understanding of other planets.

All Summer in a Day is a short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in 1954.

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