[gambiting]

In fact the atmosphere of Venus is the only place outside of Earth where humans could walk outside with just a simple oxygen mask - about 50km above the surface the temperatures are around 0-20C and pressure of one atmosphere. No other celestial body in our solar system has anywhere like that. But it's just like this article correctly identified I think - floating cities on Venus are not as cool as "normal" cities on Mars.

[jcadam]

> the atmosphere of Venus is the only place outside of Earth where humans could walk outside with just a simple oxygen mask

The clouds of sulfuric acid might sting a bit.

> floating cities on Venus are not as cool as "normal" cities on Mars.

Literally!

[ajuc]

> floating cities on Venus are not as cool as "normal" cities on Mars.

For me floating cities are much cooler.

[thedufer]

> the atmosphere of Venus is the only place outside of Earth where humans could walk outside with just a simple oxygen mask

Surely a bit of an exaggeration? The mostly carbon dioxide, 1 atm of pressure area is not bad, but it coincides with the thickest cloud coverage. The clouds which are composed of sulfuric acid.

[samatman]

Sure, so add a formfitting and thin fluoropolymer suit to that.

We could survive, maybe. But Cloud City would simply reek of rotten eggs, at all times, you'd never escape the stink of it.

[quesera]

Aside: Humans acclimate to the consistent smell of sulfure dioxide pretty quickly.

Which is fortunate, because some parts of the country have iron-eating bacteria in their water supply, which produce SO2.

New arrivals always notice though!

Re: Venus, unfortunately H2O + SO2 is a bigger problem than the smell of rotten eggs.

[rsynnott]

Well, except for the 'walking' bit, it being 50km above the surface.