Venus is sometimes called Earth’s twin because Venus and Earth are almost the same size, have about the same mass (they weigh about the same), and have a very similar composition (are made of the same material). They are also neighboring planets. However, Venus and Earth are also very different. Venus has an atmosphere that is about 100 times thicker than Earth’s and has surface temperatures that are extremely hot. Venus does not have life or water oceans like Earth does. Venus also rotates backwards compared to Earth and the other planets.
Venus is shrouded with a thick, dense atmosphere, far thicker than our own. On Earth, our atmosphere is thick enough to produce a significant amount of pressure on the surface, but our planet is not totally cloud-covered. Our Earth-monitoring satellites are regularly able to see the ground from space, without the interference of the clouds. There’s no such break in the clouds on Venus. Venus is permanently clouded over, and its atmosphere is so thick that the surface pressure on Venus is 92 times the pressure here on Earth. An unshielded human would fare very badly in this environment.
There is another similarity between the Earth and Venus, though not one that makes Venus a more hospitable place to go visit: both planets have volcanoes. Because Venus is so hot and the pressures are so great, the volcanoes on Venus’ surface aren’t quite as vertically imposing as they can be on Earth.
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