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Revitalizing Soviet Image Data From Venus

Posted by timothy on from the that's-one-hot-goddess-of-love dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As everyone looks at Mars, a scientist has produced the best images ever obtained from the surface of a rather different planet - Venus. By using - and reprocessing - data from the Soviet Venera missions he got some really nice gems. To be found at BBC News Online and at mentallandscape.com. Nice images which resemble much that of the current Mars missions can be found here(1) and at here(2). By the way, did you know that Venus was more often targeted by space probes than Mars, including a number of ten (!) successful landers?"

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  1. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Venus lands you!

  2. Venus was targeted more often because ... by leoaugust · · Score: 1, Funny

    By the way, did you know that Venus was more often targeted by space probes than Mars, including a number of ten (!) successful landers?"

    Venus was more often targeted by space probes - because Women are from Venus and Men from Mars.

    --
    To see a world in a grain of sand, and then to step back and see the beach where the sand lies ...
  3. Re:It's really cool that he's doing this ... by Graelin · · Score: 2, Funny

    70's era technology got there. Imagine what 21st century tech could do, if it were done right?

    Melt faster. :)

  4. Venus? by seanmeister · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I thought the Venera probe crashed in Wyoming?