Venus is a rocky planet and the second planet in distance from the sun.
It is the brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon
The main component of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide, which retains the heat in a greenhouse effect stronger than the Earth.
The high temperature, acid clouds and the huge atmospheric pressure makes the environment extremely hostile.
The Venusian surface is full of craters, mountains and volcanoes, and areas where the crater was covered by volcanic plains of solidified lava.