Venus: Earth's Evil Twin

I say Venus is Earth's evil twin for obvious reasons.

Venus is an inferno, temperatures on the second planet from the sun can reach 870 degrees Fahrenheit (465 degrees Celsius). Probes that try to study Venus only last a few hours until they are destroyed because the heat is enough to melt lead.

The atmosphere on Venus is hellish (reminds me of the Nether in Minecraft), with carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, neon, helium, nitrogen, argon, and clouds of sulfuric acid. The surface pressure is 90 times greater than that of Earth, and there are only trace amounts of water in the atmosphere.

The winds on Venus can travel 224 mph at the top layer, and just a few miles per hour down on the surface. This wind speed, being 60 times faster than Venus' rotation, may be one of the biggest mysteries of the planet.

Venus is the home of thousands of volcanoes, some still active, and some are 150 miles wide, with lava flows up to 3,000 miles long.

Venus takes 243 Earth-days to rotate on its axis. Also, the sun rises in the west and sets in the east on Venus. One day on Venus lasts about 117 Earth-days.

With all this being said, what would happen if you were to visit Venus?

First of all, you wouldn't even be able to survive long enough to get to the surface. You'd be melted by the heat, suffocated by the chemicals, or, best case scenario: blown about by the wind.

But let's say we could get past the initial shock of the atmosphere, what then? Once you are on the surface of Venus, you would be crushed by the gravity pressure.

But what if we could get past all of that, and pretend we are aliens that live there, what would we be like? First of all we would probably sound like munchkins due to the helium in the air. Next, we would be extremely heat resistant aliens because we'd have to deal with the hot air as well as volcanic lava flows, and have you ever seen lava? It's amazing, and you would want to touch it, so the adult aliens would need to keep the kids away from the melting red stuff.

On top of all that, we would need to be able to deal with the pressure in the atmosphere, which would crush everything else, but maybe we would be strong, armored aliens who could take the weight. We would also need to have something to do while we live out our alien lives. After all, it would get boring having to wait 117 days for the sun to pass over your sky so you can sleep.

If Venus really is Earth's twin, I'm glad we don't have to visit.

Hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I did (Venus is my favorite planet, other than Earth, of course)! See you next time,

-Faith