![Venus in approximately true color, a nearly uniform pale cream, although the image has been processed to bring out details.[1] The planet's disk is about three-quarters illuminated. Almost no variation or detail can be seen in the clouds.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tZU7u66zBDBI89G3F__yBZTb5mFkMtql-N6lfdpVyGDfm-6NL9hIs0YwEbZoL8NsvhlbZu331bdMbZ9-U-8Mqt28rp6qegbLlPOG6nbCgrY3O8kmYtmCEmf-w1htCUTsBevjqESKwzRWmS9e2v4BeXSAHW0yTf8TbDRkBj3iv5=s0-d)
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the sun, and its "year" is about 225 Earth days. Besides the moon, Venus is the brightest object in our night sky, and is named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Being a terrestrial planet and having very similar size and gravity to Earth, Venus is considered Earth's "sister" planet. Venus has the densest atmosphere of the four terrestrial planets, consisting of carbon dioxide, but its surface is not visible because of a layer of sulfuric clouds. Though Venus once had oceans, because of its "greenhouse" atmosphere, the temperature rose too high to sustain them.
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