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Describe the Venus atmosphere.
Answer:
Venus has a very strange atmosphere, compared with the similar sized planet next to it - Earth.
The atmosphere is virtually all carbon dioxide - in the region of 9%. The rest is mainly made up of nitrogen. There is thick cloud made of not water but acids like sulphuric acid - nasty stuff indeed.
The pressure is massive in the atmosphere of planet Venus - indeed Venus would crush us, as it is 90 times that of earth!
The temperature on Venus is also massive, around 500 Celsius - even some metals would be liquid on the surface of Venus!
The atmosphere is virtually all carbon dioxide - in the region of 9%. The rest is mainly made up of nitrogen. There is thick cloud made of not water but acids like sulphuric acid - nasty stuff indeed.
The pressure is massive in the atmosphere of planet Venus - indeed Venus would crush us, as it is 90 times that of earth!
The temperature on Venus is also massive, around 500 Celsius - even some metals would be liquid on the surface of Venus!
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