[Nick]

I remember about 10 years ago being told that venus was a ravishing forest, a swampland under the heavy cloud that we couldnt see.
More recently, we have discovered it is anything but, with extreme tempeatures and pressures of the likes that can crush lead.
From waht i know now they believe that Venus used to be like earth, until soaring tempeatures microwaved the planet along with the pressure.
The thing i dont understand is how the pressure on Venus could be so high? would it be atmospheric? or gravitational causes?

I dont believe that life could have exsisted on Venus, well at least in the last few million years, but its a possibility if it was like earth.