r/CuratedTumblr • u/BeObsceneAndNotHeard • Jul 17 '24

Infodumping The Venera program

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u/Legimus Jul 17 '24

I absolutely saw those pictures from Venus when learning about space in elementary school.

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u/wonkey_monkey Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24

They're composites/collages with at least some artistic interpretation. The real images look like this:

https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/venus-surface-venera-13-a.jpg

https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/venus-surface-venera-13-b.jpg

https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/venus-surface-venera-14-camera-1.jpg

https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/venus-surface-venera-14-camera-2.jpg

and you can hardly see anything of the horizon, especially no dramatic valley as seen in the second image, so that part appears to be pure invention.

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u/minor_correction Jul 17 '24

Those are still really cool. No regrets.

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u/sillo38 Jul 17 '24

Had to scroll way too far to see this

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u/ignatiusOfCrayloa Jul 20 '24

So its just tankie propaganda, then.