Name: Venus 101 | National Geographic
Uploaded: 2020-01-21T02:42:09.000Z
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- [Angeli Gabriel] Named after the ancient Roman

Venus is known for its exceptional brightness

But behind this facade is a world of storms and infernos

unlike anywhere else in the solar system.

is very similar to Earth from a distance.

But up close, it's a very different world.

a volcano almost as tall as Mount Everest.

Venus also has a thick layered atmosphere.

It's full of clouds that rain (thunder cracking)

sulfuric acid, and whip around the planet

Faster than some category five hurricanes.

about half a mile deep in the Earth's oceans.

The atmosphere is made of greenhouse gases,

Which create an extreme case of global warming.

Making Venus the hottest planet in the solar system.

are able to survive the planet's surface.

From roughly 2.9 billion to 715 million years go,

that could have held enough water to support life.

Today, life may still exist in Venus' atmosphere.

where the temperature and surface pressure

are similar to those on the surface of Earth,

scientists have observed strange dark streaks

that appear to be absorbing ultraviolet radiation.

than any other planet or star in the night sky.

Venus, so illuminated in the darkness of space,

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