Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Surface of Venus from Venera 14

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 17 Mar, 2021 | Image Credit: Soviet Planetary Exploration Program, Venera 14; Processing & Copyright: Donald Mitche

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: If you could stand on Venus -- what would you see? Pictured is the view from Venera 14, a robotic Soviet lander which parachuted and air-braked down through the thick Venusian atmosphere in March of 1982. The desolate landscape it saw included flat rocks, vast empty terrain, and a featureless sky above Phoebe Regio near Venus' equator. On the lower left is the spacecraft's penetrometer used to make scientific measurements, while the light piece on the right is part of an ejected lens-cap. Enduring temperatures near 450 degrees Celsius and pressures 75 times that on Earth, the hardened Venera spacecraft lasted only about an hour. Although data from Venera 14 was beamed across the inner Solar System almost 40 years ago, digital processing and merging of Venera's unusual images continues even today. Recent analyses of infrared measurements taken by ESA's orbiting Venus Express spacecraft indicate that active volcanoes may currently exist on Venus.

[minnesota_bound]

The women of Venus are very clever. They are hiding the earth like conditions.
Venusian women



Russian footage

[LonePalm]

Is that a Starbucks on the left in the distance?

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Delta 21]

https://youtu.be/P3Ife6iBdsU

I listened to this just the other night. Very cool stuff.

[fidelis]

Makes Mars look like a garden spot.

[going hot]

They are...and they are hot!

[Delta 21]

Those babes are hot!

[Red Badger]

Well, except for the 900°F temperature and the sulfuric acid and carbon dioxide atmosphere and the perpetually clouded sky, and the surface pressure of 90 ATM’s, it’s exactly like Earth!.........................

[martin_fierro]

So THAT’S where my vehicle’s extended warranty paperwork is!