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1 posted on 01/14/2004 5:25:17 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser

To: Central Scrutiniser

Some of the reprocessed pictures:

Venera 13, Camera I

Venera 13, Camera II

2 posted on 01/14/2004 5:27:13 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser (The actress playing Anne Frank was so bad, a heckler yelled "She's in Attic!" to the guards!)

To: Central Scrutiniser

Oddly the Soviets always had better luck landing on Venus than Mars. Remarkable to get anything down there that can survive (though none of the Soviet probes lasted more than a few hours I think.)

They dealt in volume, sent a HUGE number of Venus probes out, most of which actually failed in Earth orbit.

4 posted on 01/14/2004 5:29:12 PM PST by John H K

To: Central Scrutiniser

Very nice images. Venus has next to no tides like earth. Apparently the surface is active, lots happening.

5 posted on 01/14/2004 5:32:00 PM PST by RightWhale (How many technological objections will be raised?)

To: Central Scrutiniser

Oh, the thread title refers to a planet, not a person-- never mind...

7 posted on 01/14/2004 5:35:14 PM PST by Mark (Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)

To: Central Scrutiniser

I always thought these were amazing, unrecognized pictures.

Glad to see some notice of them now.

10 posted on 01/14/2004 5:40:56 PM PST by Monty22

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I've never thought that so many pictures of the Arizona desert would become so enormously popular around the globe.

In order to authenticate these efforts as not part of some Capricorn 1 conspiracy, I'm holding out for a picture that looks like the Okefenokee Swamp.

11 posted on 01/14/2004 5:41:21 PM PST by blackdog (Democrat Party? Democratic Party? Democrat Candidate? Democratic Candidate? Wassup wit dat?)

To: Central Scrutiniser

A hot Venus is the very best kind!

13 posted on 01/14/2004 5:43:24 PM PST by Snickersnee (Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket???)

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That sounds awfully high pressure for the atmosphere. Are they sure of it? 94 atmospheres is equivalent to 1381 psia!

That's the pressure of being 3000 feet under the sea!

15 posted on 01/14/2004 5:46:52 PM PST by nightdriver

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16 posted on 01/14/2004 5:48:36 PM PST by martin_fierro (HEY! I'm tryin' t'run a classy thread here!)

To: Central Scrutiniser

the temperature is 490 deg Celsius and the pressure is 90 times that on Earth.

490 deg. C = 914 degrees F.!
90 atmospheres = 1323 PSI!

Yikes!

Still better than NYC in August...

20 posted on 01/14/2004 6:00:02 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)

To: Central Scrutiniser

Here's another BBC story

Venus has 'heavy metal mountains'

22 posted on 01/14/2004 6:07:36 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)

To: Central Scrutiniser

A carbon dioxide atomosphere, high temperatures and pressure. I bet diamonds are much more common on Venus than on earth.

24 posted on 01/14/2004 6:40:11 PM PST by Nateman (Socialism first, cancer second.)

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"What did they hope to achieve visiting a totally inhospitable planet 10 times? No wonder they lost the cold war.

Did they want to invade it, move to it, use it for a new gulag? What?

28 posted on 01/14/2004 7:48:36 PM PST by JSteff

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32 posted on 01/14/2004 8:05:09 PM PST by Lancey Howard

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35 posted on 01/16/2004 9:11:44 PM PST by DoctorMichael (Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)

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>Reworked images reveal hot Venus

39 posted on 07/24/2004 2:15:46 PM PDT by theFIRMbss

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40 posted on 07/24/2004 2:56:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)

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