The surface of Venus, taken by Russia’s Venera 13 spacecraft. It lasted 127 minutes before succumbing to the Planet’s extremely harsh atmosphere.

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image showing The surface of Venus, taken by Russia’s Venera 13 spacecraft. It lasted 127 minutes before succumbing to the Planet’s extremely harsh atmosphere.

moosepile on August 14th, 2019 at 04:31 UTC »

Love it. I’ve always been fascinated by Venus’ extreme nature and wish we had more imagery. I also wish we could just lob stuff there and see how it “blends”, but... yeah.

YellowOnline on August 14th, 2019 at 04:32 UTC »

737K (462°C) and 9200 kPa (92 times Earth's pressure) - yeah, that's harsh

isisishtar on August 14th, 2019 at 05:59 UTC »

So this spacecraft operated optimally in a blast furnace for 2 hours? Nice going, spacecraft!