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VENERA 4, 5 and 6 indicate that the surface layers and atmosphere of Venus are considerably dryer than corresponding regions on Earth. The water content of the atmosphere is in the region of 0.1 to 1 per cent of the total atmospheric gases by volume1, and at the Venus surface temperatures of about 700 K this is very dry indeed.
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MUELLER, R. Dehydrogenation of Venus. Nature 227, 363–365 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227363a0
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