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Photos from the Surface of Venus

Posted by michael on from the land-down-under dept.

Mean_Nishka writes "I was surprised to learn that the Soviets sucessfully landed a number of probes on the surface of Venus (the probes were given the name 'Venera') in the 70's and early 80's. NASA has a small collection of images from four of the missions. The images aren't much, but offer a stunning view of the surface of Venus. You can view surface photos at this NASA site. Space.com has a great summary of the Venera program here."

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  1. My car keys by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    At last I have hope that my lost car keys might show up in one of these photos. I've looked everywhere else for them.

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
    1. Re:My car keys by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny

      Obligatory Joke:

      Did you check Uranus?

      Sorry. ;) We now return you to your regularly scheduled Science story comments section.

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      I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  2. microbes? by Galahad · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good thing these craft weren't designed to return. If they had brought back new diseases, we'd be in trouble...we'd have veneral disease.

    *sigh*

    It seemed to be a good pun before I submitted it...

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    --jdp Maintainer of VisEmacs
  3. You need to watch more TV.... by seanmeister · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... if you did, you'd remember how the Six Million Dollar Man kicked the venus Probe's ass!

    Death Probe, part 1
    Death Probe, part 2
    The Death Probe!

  4. This just in ... by crmartin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Armstrong, Aldrin land on Moon
    Kennedy beats Nixon by narrow margin
    Allies land on Normandy beach -- D-Day has arrived!

  5. Russian moon rocks by GeoGreg · · Score: 3, Funny
    Did you also forget that the Russians sent probes to the moon that retrieved samples and brought them back? Yup, the Americans were not the only ones with moon rocks.

    AFAIK, the Soviet lunar probes did not start on a murderous Six Million Dollar Man-style rampage upon returning to earth.

  6. all the same by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Rocks, sand, dirt, and pebbles. Everywhere probes land they find rocks, sand, dirt, and pebbles. Moon, Mars, Venus, Asteroids, all the same. Time for something more interesting like say glass melted into funny blobs, or rainbow crystals. I suppose I watch too much Holywoodized versions of space.