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OCR: ATMOSPHERE Exosphere: Composition 165 km primarily of The atmosphere of Venus is composed carbon dioxide (96%). The other 4% mostly nitrogen, with sulfuric acid, carbon monoxide, oxygen, water Thermosphere: vapor, present in hydrochloric trace amounts. acid, and Venus hydrofluoric atmosphere acid is all so 115 km dense that the pressure at the surface is over 90 times greater than on the surface of the Earth. Stratosphere: The majority of Venusian clouds consist of sulfuric 65 km acid droplets which condense at altitudes between 45 and 75 km. They form broad bands in theatmo- sphere, and their thickness hides the surface of the planet from view Troposphere: The large amount of carbon dioxide causes an effect 0 km known as greenhouse warming: solar energy which is reflected from the Venusia ...