As far as humanity knows, the natural environment of Venus is extremely harsh, with surface temperatures reaching up to 500°C, over 90% of its atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide, and corrosive acid rain accompanied by fierce heat storms. For more than two decades, probes struggled to penetrate its thick cloud layers, until the 1980s when American spacecraft captured images of approximately 20,000 pyramid-shaped ruins on Venus.
These ruins are pyramid-shaped, with each city essentially being a giant pyramid, lacking doors and windows, and possibly featuring underground entrances. They are arranged in a wheel-like pattern, with a large city at the center connected to smaller cities via radiating avenues. Researchers speculate that these cities were designed to effectively avoid the extreme heat of the day, the freezing cold of the night, and the onslaught of storms.
In 1989, Soviet scientist Nikolai Rybnikov first revealed this discovery at a scientific conference. The probe was equipped with radar scanning devices that confirmed the existence of these ruins. Initially, there were doubts about whether the probe had malfunctioned or if atmospheric interference had created illusions, but further studies confirmed that these were indeed remnants of cities built by intelligent beings. However, these civilizations had long since perished.
Venus's extreme environment makes it unsuitable for human exploration, yet Soviet scientists were determined to continue researching these city remnants. Additionally, scientists discovered the 'face rock' on Venus, further suggesting that a civilization on Venus had experienced destruction. This has sparked thoughts about the remnants of civilizations on other planets, with some even proposing that Earth might be the endpoint of solar system civilizations rather than the starting point.
The secrets hidden within the collapsed cities of Venus, along with the symbolic meaning of the 'face rock,' remain unsolved mysteries to this day. We hope that in the future, humanity can uncover more secrets about Venus.
