text: Inhospitable weather is an exapmle of the obstacles Venus presents. Dispite Mercury being the closest planet to the sun Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. With tempts. reaching up to an Average of over 800 degrees fahrenheit. Beyong high pressure and heat additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthqaukes, and frquent lighting storm and, If the heat don't kill you those things surely will.