Difficulty 3 / 3

Size 20 x 20 x 1 (cm)

49 unique elements

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is Earth’s closest neighbour. At its nearest to Earth, Venus is about 61 million kilometers away from our planet. Venus is one of the four inner, terrestrial planets and it’s often called Earth’s twin because of its similarity in size and density. Venus has extreme surface heat and a dense, toxic atmosphere. Venus is permanently covered in thick, toxic clouds of sulfuric acid that starts at an altitude of 45 to 70 kilometers. The clouds smell like rotten eggs! The surface of Venus is a rusty colour and it is peppered with intensely crunched mountains and thousands of large volcanoes. Scientists think it’s possible some volcanoes are still active. Venus’ thick atmosphere traps heat creating a runaway greenhouse effect – making it the hottest planet in our solar system with surface temperatures around 475°C - hot enough to melt lead. The greenhouse effect makes Venus roughly 390°C hotter than it would be without a greenhouse effect. Venus spins very slowly in the opposite direction from most planets. One day on Venus lasts 243 Earth days. The planet orbits the Sun faster than Earth, so one year on Venus takes only about 225 Earth days, making a Venusian day longer than its year. Venus has crushing air pressure at its surface, more than 90 times that of Earth, similar to the pressure you'd encounter a mile below the ocean on Earth. Another big difference from Earth is that Venus rotates on its axis backward, compared to most of the other planets in the solar system. This means that, on Venus, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east, opposite to what we experience on Earth.

This 49 piece, 20cm square puzzle features Venus in absolutely stunning clarity. The image, courtesy of Nasa, is one of the clearest images of Venus to the date.

The difficulty level of this puzzle is high. Although the puzzle is challenging, clear and high quality image makes this Venus puzzle enjoyable to assemble.

All Behäppi puzzles are hand crafted in Estonia from top quality FSC certified birch plywood.