Eternal sunset and lakes of fury

Brightly she shines in our night sky;
her name the goddess of love.  
Once Earth's twin –  
similar in size and structure –  
her hellish heat  
and sulphuric sky  
have rendered her an evil monster.  
  
Cloaked in a carbon dioxide blanket,  
her acid rain, violent volcanoes  
and lakes of lava run rampant;  
their heat unable to escape  
the scorching surface.  
No seasons serve to cool or calm.  
   
Even the night  
offers little respite  
from the soaring heat  
and you could be forgiven for thinking  
that night-time might last for ever.  
With no moon to light the sky,  
the planet plunges into darkness,  
save for its own continued  
volcanic activity.  
   
Still, were you to    
survive the four-month journey,  
the noxious clouds,  
the crushing atmosphere    
and ferocious temperature,  
you would be rewarded  
with a sunset which never ends.  
   
It's only on Venus  
that you could walk fast enough  
to keep the sunset in your view  
for ever and ever.  
Should you tire and rest,  
the sun will finally set  
so very slowly.  
   
And with a Venusian day  
lasting longer than a year,
you'll have a long, long wait  
until a smudge of yellow on the horizon
signals a new dawn,
as finally the sun begins its ascent
in the West.