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sixothree on July 4, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Soviet Venus Images (2004)

I might be wrong (I hope I am), but these are the only pictures I know of the surface of Venus. They really are incredible.

loloquwowndueo on July 4, 2021 [–]

You are not wrong. Only two Venera probes landed and transmitted pictures during a limited time window before succumbing to the harsh conditions. (Other probes did land and send data but it was scientific measurements, not pictures).

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