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Old 05-July-2003, 05:59 PM
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The reason Venus' surface has been resurfaced is due to the atmospheric pressure. The atmosphere is a planet-covering pressure cooker. It heats up the crust until it becomes magma, and then cools down later on. The atmosphere is why Venus is hotter than Mercury.