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Part 4 of 8 continents and islands of Cavorite Venus in 1930. This time its the Eastern end of the massive continent of Aphrodite and its associate islands.
Part 1 (Ishtar)
Part 2 (Nogah and Isis)
Part 3 (Utrenitsa)
Again the essential premise is Venus as a jungle world with a breathable atmosphere layered over a thick poisonous one (for non-Venusian life). Otherwise the physical properties are much the same, esepcially the 116 earth day day/night cycle.
East Aphrodite will get 45 earth days of complete darkness (about 15 degrees C), and 10 day Dawn, a 49 day Day (Averaging 40-50 degrees C), and a 11 day Dusk (the longer 'day' is due to atmospheric refraction). The twilights are the only times its pleasent to be about.
Scale is one pixel to 5 kilometers as always, you could comfortably fit north america on the map.
1/9th preview, main in next post to avoid page breaking