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'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun in the [[Solar System]]. With the coming of the [[Traveler]], the toxic air of the world was 'cleansed'<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' : ''Destiny Story'']</ref> and the world was colonized by [[Human|humanity]] during the [[Golden Age]],<ref name="HopesDreams">[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams?page=1 '''IGN''' ''Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams'']</ref> becoming a "paradise."<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/destinations/venus '''Bungie''' : ''Venus'']</ref> The ruins of that era remain choked in vegetation,<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=11063 '''Bungie.net''': ''Breaking In - Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda'']</ref> though humanity has regained a presence on the planet.<ref name="HopesDreams"/> Sulfuric gasses are vented from the surface of the planet.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---10112013/en/News/News?aid=11189 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update - 10/11/2013'']</ref> Crackling lightning flashes through the sulfuric yellow sky, and the jungle has grown over the remnants of the [[Academy|scientific research settlement]] that humanity once held here. Now, the city's buildings are slowly being swallowed up by the Venusian ocean. Instead, the towering [[Vex]] [[citadel]] now draws the eye - a hulking obelisk Jenga tower of weird geometric shapes. Its purpose remains unknown, but the robotic Vex unceasingly defend it.<ref>'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref>