Research on the atmosphere of Venus has produced significant insights not only about its own state but also about the atmospheres of other planetary objects, especially of Earth. It has helped to find and understand the depletion of Earth's ozone in the 1970s and 1980s. The voyage of James Cook and his crew of HMS Endeavour to observe the Venus transit of 1769 brought about the claiming of Australia at Possession Island for colonisation by Europeans. See also Aspects of Venus Manned Venus Flyby Notes In Isaiah 14:12 in the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible, Jerome translated the Greek term heosphoros in the Septuagint and the Hebrew term helel in the Hebrew Bible as lucifer, meaning "light bearer". Later English translators, influenced by the Vulgate's rendering of lucifer for helel'', introduced Lucifer with a capital into the English translations of the Bible, thereby changing the Latin descriptive term to a personal name. This has caused "Lucifer" to become viewed as a code name for Satan, instead of being a descriptive term by which Isaiah compared the Babylonian king to the bright planet Venus. References External links Double vortex at Venus South Pole unveiled! Planetary Missions at National Space Science Data Center (NASA) Soviet Venus-rover ХМ-ВД2 Exploring Venus by Solar Airplane – G. Landis Venus Spaceflight Discovery and exploration of the Solar System