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Hello Venusian vagabonds, Trace here. Venus,
Venus burning bright the first star you'll see

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tonight. In ancient times Venus was thought to be
a wandering star because it's the third brightest

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object that we can see in the sky after the Sun
and the Moon so bright that you can sometimes spot

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it even when the sun is up. Hit the darkness
at sunset and look southwest. Venus is that

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bright yellow spot it's so bright because its
dense clouds give it a high albedo it reflects

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70 of the light that hits it from the Sun. Venus
is similar in size to earth but its atmosphere is

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highly toxic filled with carbon dioxide, sulfuric
acid, and heat trapped by its greenhouse gases.

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Even though Mercury is closer to the sun,
Venus is actually hotter. Maybe someday

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we'll use solar-powered airships to explore
it but for now we'll have to keep looking up!