Venus combines ocean-depth pressure with furnace heat, but its supercritical carbon-dioxide atmosphere is stranger than either comparison suggests. The post On Venus, the atmosphere presses down with 92 times Earth’s sea-level pressure—the equivalent of standing about 900 metres beneath the ocean—while the surface remains near 465°C, hot enough to keep lead permanently molten. appeared first on Space Daily .
On Venus, the atmosphere presses down with 92 times Earth’s sea-level pressure—the equivalent of standing about 900 metres beneath the ocean—while the surface remains near 465°C, hot enough to keep lead permanently molten.
