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The planet Venus has no liquid water, so the surface is hot, dry, and rocky, marked by lava flows and some volcanoes, and relatively few impact craters. Many of what appear to be craters are actually unique volcanic features such as:

farra - flat-topped mesas

novae - star-shaped radial features

coronae - ring-shaped features thought to be caused by the rise and collapse of a subsurface dome of heated material

arachnoids - spider-web designs

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