Fw: Astronomy Picture of the Day (5/11/2025): The Surface of Venus from Venera 14
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2025 May 11
The Surface of Venus from Venera 14
Image Credit:
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Processing &
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& Michael Carroll (used with permission)
Explanation:
If you could stand on
-- what would you see?
Pictured is the view from Venera 14, a robotic
which parachuted and
d 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
near
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On the lower left is the spacecraft's
used to make scientific measurements,
while the light piece on the right is part of an ejected lens-cap.
Enduring
near 450 degrees
and
s
75 times that on Earth, the hardened
lasted only about an hour.
Although data from
was beamed across the inner
over 40 years ago, digital processing and merging of
continues even today.
Recent analyses of
taken by
's orbiting
spacecraft indicate that active
on Venus.
Jigsaw Fun:
Tomorrow's picture: Milky Way side view
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Authors & editors:
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NASA Official: Amber Straughn
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A service of:
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Mary? Live long and prosper
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