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red dog 1

(30,367 posts) Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:20 PM Nov 2024

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The Clearest Image of Venus' Surface, By a Lander that Melted After 1 Hour

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The Clearest Image of Venus' Surface, By a Lander that Melted After 1 Hour (Original Post) red dog 1 Nov 2024 OP

Nice shot. No place I'd care to visit, though Vogon_Glory Nov 2024 #1

It would be even nicer if it was real, not altered BWdem4life Nov 2024 #6

Looks Quite Inhospitable! ProfessorGAC Nov 2024 #2

wow...cool! FirstLight Nov 2024 #3

That pic is based on a 1982 Soviet pic, and is majorly altered. BWdem4life Nov 2024 #5

geez...man... FirstLight Nov 2024 #7

Altered photo BWdem4life Nov 2024 #4

Vogon_Glory

(9,727 posts)

1. Nice shot. No place I'd care to visit, though

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:28 PM

Nov 2024

I’m old enough to remember some of the old science fiction stories depicting Venus as a rainy hot-house jungle planet. I was very disappointed when the space probes finally got close enough to monitor what surface conditions on the second planet were really like.

BWdem4life

(2,504 posts)

6. It would be even nicer if it was real, not altered

Reply to Vogon_Glory (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 22, 2024, 04:05 AM

Nov 2024

https://www.planetary.org/articles/every-picture-from-venus-surface-ever

ProfessorGAC

(71,848 posts)

2. Looks Quite Inhospitable!

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:39 PM

Nov 2024

It's almost 900°F there. I think I'll avoid visiting.

FirstLight

(14,711 posts)

3. wow...cool!

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:08 PM

Nov 2024

I'm sad to think that REAL science will suffer under the incoming clowncar of craycray

BWdem4life

(2,504 posts)

5. That pic is based on a 1982 Soviet pic, and is majorly altered.

Reply to FirstLight (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 22, 2024, 04:04 AM

Nov 2024

https://www.planetary.org/articles/every-picture-from-venus-surface-ever

FirstLight

(14,711 posts)

7. geez...man...

Reply to BWdem4life (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 22, 2024, 12:02 PM

Nov 2024

bummer

BWdem4life

(2,504 posts)

4. Altered photo

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Fri Nov 22, 2024, 03:40 AM

Nov 2024

Actual photos have no horizon.

https://www.planetary.org/articles/every-picture-from-venus-surface-ever

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