text: There are numerous factors that contribute to humans having many chanlleges to to study a planets with a reputation like Venus. As the author explains, "a thick atmosphere of almost 97 carbon dioxide blankets Venus". In paragraph three of the text the author goes more in depth about the harshness of Venus's atmosphere. Temperatures on Venus average about 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure exceeds those 90 times greater than what we experience here on Earth. These types of conditions could crush a submerine made to travel to the deepest parts of our oceans. Depite just the atmospheric conditions Venus has an array of erupting volcanoes and powerful earthquakes, to name a few, that occur on its surface.