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I have never seen this on Imgur before.
This is the Probe Venera 9 a U.S.S.R probe that was the first probe EVER to send back pictures of the planet Venus!
The probe was launched on June 8th, 1975.
These are some of the photos that Venera 9 took
On October 20th, 1975 the probe separated from its orbital counterpart and made Venus-fall.
Only one of its' cameras was working after touchdown, so this was all that it could take.
This is Venera 9's younger sister Venera 10
Actually this is just a museum model, but you get the gist.
She was launched from Earth on June 14th, 1975. Only six days after Venera 9
The top is from Venera 9 and the bottom is from Venera 10
On October 23rd, 1975 Venera 19 seperated from its orbital soulmate and descended into the eternal embrace of the goddess herself.
Like Venera 9, Venera 10 had some issues after Venus-fall. Mainly in that only one of it's cameras were able to capture any photographs. Unfortunately due to the angle that the craft landed at it was unable to take any good pictures.
While this is a photo of Venera 14 both Venera 13 and 14 were Identical
Venera 13 launched from Planet Earth on October 30th, 1981
Venera 14 Launched from Planet Earth on November 4th, 1981
As you can see in the picture the probes were built to be thick and insulative to protect the fragile data components from the extreme heat and pressure of the planet for as long as possible.
Both of these photos are from Venera 14
Venera 14 made Venus-Fall on March 5th, 1982
Unfortunately due to an error (of some kind) when the lens cap ejected for the probe to take pictures, it landed right under where the soil compression tester was going to take samples. So no data was able to be recovered from the soil compressor.
And these two beautiful pictures are from the Venera 13
Venera 13 seperated from it's orbital cradle on March 1st, 1982
Venera 13 was arguably the most successful of the Venera probes. These photos are the only horizon shots (that I know of) of Venus!
These colour photos were made by an American researcher Don P. Mitchell at a later date
The Venera probes helped scientist learn most of what is known about our planets hot and bothered little sister.
I just thought you guys would like this.
You can find out lots more at various space information websites, but for now I will just link you to wikipedia.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera
Enjoy
HeadWar
I find your lack of zoom disturbing.
CObullUshitGH
THis is fucking awesome
vssvss
I painted Venus in grad school a few years back! Still obsessed with it! http://imgur.com/qZVGlMF
NotACanadian
We also sent balloons to Venus.
kootiepatra
Venera 10: http://gifyu.com/images/instac7949.gif
Daggyra
Superior Soviet technology
vvti713
Guys you are looking at an actual color photo of the surface of Venus! This is beyond awesome!
LizardEnterprises
Looking at *THE* actual color photos of Venus. Since your probes start melting before they even land, its just not worth going back yet :/
jscuster
Still not as cool as the Venus Probe from Six Million Dollar Man
suborbitalplotwithintheeventhorizon
Thank you.
kenesisiscool
You are welcome. (P.S. I updated it to be more expansive)
Sigge1981
Science upvote! I really like the color photos.
AnActualTsundere
Agreed. This is rocking. Really astonishing to see things that humanity aspires to reach with our own hands..
Ambitiousnobody
So many "it's" instead of "its." The horror!
kenesisiscool
I was very tired, I may fix it at a later date.
Ravensdagger
Actually, all the cameras worked. They just don't want us to sww what they discovered. #themoonlandingwasfake
Ravensdagger
Yes, this is my bad attempt at a joke.
IAmTheBadW01f
You could carbonate water by exposing it to the atmosphere...it would also take on some sulfuric acid, but oh well....
LizardEnterprises
So it would become mountain dew?
MakeMeACakeOrGrillMeASteak
They send huge metal balls through space but cant manage to get me a fucking chicken mc nugget when i really need one... Thanks obama
PushupBrah
I like this very much, thank you.
kenesisiscool
You are very welcome!
DarkStratos
Lol hot and bothered little sis.
Imeansrslywtf
is it just me. or does those last pictures say apocalypse or what?
kenesisiscool
Is the sky supposed to turn yellow in the Norse iteration of the end of all days?
MrsRichardsyourglassesarethere
This doesn't look very much like the way C.S. Lewis described it.
kenesisiscool
Try reading Edgar Rice Burroughs. He wrote about Mars, still, it's much closer than Narnia.
MrsRichardsyourglassesarethere
Wasn't referring to Narnia. Lewis wrote a Sci-fi Series and the 2nd book, Perelandra, was about venus. Will check out Burroughs tho, thanks!
DJBBT
Brilliant post op!
kenesisiscool
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Mitchz95
Venus is literally planet hell.
kenesisiscool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q6chUtSef4
whybother
That is a Dalek op and you can't convince me otherwise
IAmTheBadW01f
Really convenient that it only had one working camera when it landed.....what a coincidence.....
kenesisiscool
EXPLAIN!! EXPLAIN!!
DarkBrownKnight
Bothered little sister HAA!
kenesisiscool
I threw that one in to check if people were reading. ^.^
CanadianEngineer
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
TotalSmartAss
I want to know what shirts the scientists were wearing!!
KFizzle
RUN BITCH RUN!
N8tvTexan
This should have more upvotes! Clever.
huckyourmeat
This comment really made the grade
TotalSmartAss
and it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
TheFireNationAttacked
"The people of Venus need to really get on that global warming thing. The air looks practically toxic!" --Ken M. probably
HeyCasButt
Nice
Peppermintpatty
Sick reference
jackthezipper
I forgot.. where can one read more comments form Ken M?
Railsmith
http://horseysurprise.tumblr.com/
purplegorillacolonel
I have an exam tomorrow, but I guess studying can wait...
TerrorBite
Venera-14 had an instrument to measure surface hardness. When deployed, it landed on the discarded lenscap and measured that instead.
alexburgers
Upvotes for this briliant accident. Wanted to post the same thing, but it was already here. :)
kenesisiscool
I added in that factoid to the post. (I can mention you if you like)
JesusWalkedOnWaterToDrownInWine
Has any country sent a probe to Uranus yet?
mortiseraphim
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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The aliens are taking care of that.
krauraurgg
Innuendo aside, Uranus is basically a giant slushie. You can't "land" there in any meaningful sense, just sink slowly.
beerandcigarettes
Aside Innuendo aside, you made some amazing Innuendo right there!
LizardEnterprises
A flyby or two, but its just not an interesting place. Jupiter has the storm and much more interesting moons, and Saturn has those rings.
Zokalwe
Don't know if you asked just for the joke, but Voyager 2 made a flyby of Uranus and that's all.
Zokalwe
It also doesn't look like a probe for Uranus is going to happen anytime soon.
samsonguy920
There is actually one in the works. A probe to the planet, not OP's anus.
kenesisiscool
Good, I am very protective of that particular orifice.
suitupmen
As an aerospace engineer choosing the space path, this is AWESOME
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icantthinkofanythinginteresting
As a human, I agree!
pleonidas
As a Martian parasite waiting for a host to land on my planet, this is awesome!
IsaidWe
As a maintenance tech at CCAFS welcome aboard... this career is the best!
cheesecurd
As a random person browsing Imgur - GO BUILD'EM TIGER!!!
ThatEngineer
As a robotics engineer, this is awesome! My stuff is headed into Earth's oceans though.
GenesisMachines
Me to! It was ment to be in low Earth orbit, but whatever.
ThatEngineer
Mine might eventually find yours... I'm going intentionally.
Gurupathik
As a mechanical engineering and physics major, this makes me soo happy!!
GenesisMachines
Me to! Need any manufacturing in Space?
kenesisiscool
Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
cookiesandscream
Me too! Graduating this May!
bhaltazar
awesome but hard af. btw, i'm an aerospace engineer too. *high five*
ChewSoap
As an electrical engineer choosing the space path, this is awsome.
hugh705
Do aerospace engineers get to choose from a talent tree as they level up too?
flyguy4321
There's Aeronautics and Astronautics under aerospace engineering mostly the same for the first two years.
weatherlady
Can you tell me how hard school was for aerospace engineering? I feel like it might be too late for me to start such a daunting degree.
weatherlady
I'll be 30 in September.
UnpopularOpinionMan
wooh, me too. Where'd you graduate from?
Nyther53
Thats an interesting build. Have you considered multiclassing?
redhed976
What school?
YamatoIouko
As a astronomy-oriented physicist, I agree!
TyrionLannisterTheImp
astronomy-oriented physicist, or Kerbal Space Program player?
YamatoIouko
...I'm in my last year of undergrad in my physics program, smartass.
TyrionLannisterTheImp
I kid, I kid.
YamatoIouko
I get the joke, of course. But I'm legitimately in school for physics AND I'm a prickly sort. XD
UnNedStark
As an English major, this is AWESOME
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UnNedStark
Better than studying something I hate in college to get a job I'll hate afterward
kenesisiscool
As a Linguistics major, this is AWESOME
Grannybasher3000
I wonder if there are any Russian going around telling anyone who will listen that this was faked by the government?
Fredfinks
damn sheeple. the 9/11 truthers are growing in number. widespread even in australia. doubt in moon landing etc. WTF?? they normal people too
Leithoa
They're all put in gulags.
WhatzitTooya
Russian jet fuel CAN melt inferior capitalist american steel beam.
signalswitch64
Crazy is not limited by national borders, I can guarantee there's some Russians who believe these were faked.
chinablue
Blood for oil man , blood for oil, fucking Eichmanns everywhere man , it's all a conspiracy.
eidam655
IIRC they've got more pressing issues right now (see conflict with Ukraine)
sonofcyrus138
Chernobyle was an inside job.
LloydWaldo
It all makes sense now.
Leithoa
but it was. Not in the sense they mean. Safety drill gone bad cause they're cheap and all.
Fredfinks
it feels like at this rate soon we'll be having to contend with "are we really sure the earth revolves around sun?"
Grannybasher3000
That Muslim Cleric the other day is already heading down that path!
QuantumSupersexposition
"In Russia, stee-el melts jet fyoo-el"
ThatRussian
I haven't heard any. That said, I didn't know we had a probe on Venus. I'm stunned we weren't taught this in school. It was always Gagarin.
kenesisiscool
I don't know about that, but there is quite a lot that the world doesn't know about the Venera Missions. The Soviets were very secretive.
TherightwaythewrongwayandtheMaxPowerway
Well it was the KGB that started that conspiracy theory among others. Like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_INFEKTION
Grannybasher3000
In a parallel version of earth the USSR and the US combined efforts and we now have a colony on Mars! :)
borys666
or maybe nazis and jap won WWII and travel intrastellar on daily basis?
nephthystraugott
I'm more amused by the parallel world where the Soviets have a base on Venus and the Americans have a base on Mars.
nephthystraugott
Earth abandoned and radioactive, just these two planets trading sorties, playing interplanetary battleships as they try to hit each other.
nephthystraugott
Then you've also got the Nazis on the moon. And whenever any of the three orbits pass by each other, they just start shooting.
asdfkeyboardman
I bet the space programs would have loved to cooperate. The scientists were in it for the science, not the bureaucracy.
ThatRussian
There actually is a movement to establish a colony on Mars, starting 2024. Not a joke. http://www.mars-one.com
arrbos
Their timetable is wildly optimistic and their funding model seems flaky. It smells like a scam, honestly. :/
ThatRussian
I agree. I read the website and couldn't bring myself to trust a single word.
TyrionLannisterTheImp
Yea, but that universe's Scarlett Johansen is kind of fat, so no thank you.
Arteryn
How about hell yeah, I never saw her as attractive anyways.
clutchthepearls
Kind of fat? Pssh...still would.
kenesisiscool
Also: Venutian atmo- is around 150 times heavier that of earth and the temperature is 870°F (465°C). No probe lasted longer than two hours.
TheStormThief
And then the traveler came and made Venus habitable for us.
peridotstar
You know? that also means that those last 2 pictures represent millions and millions of dollars and thousands of hours manpower. pretty cool
LloydWaldo
Venus be like that piece of pizza that you microwaved for 4 minutes and you shove it in your mouth.
samzala
Because of the density, the atmosphere acts more like an ocean on the surface where tiny gusts pick up dust like strong winds on Earth.
Blacksnake88
http://media.giphy.com/media/10TK8lHXtkPo1q/giphy.gif . Nice post though , have an upvote.
breadedfishstrip
That atmo is so dense, those landers didnt use parachutes or rockets for the last leg - they just soft landed on their own.
kenesisiscool
Yep, they were equipped with "Crush Rings" designed to dampen the impact.
piconoe
Seeing as one's lasted upwards of 2 hours, I'd totally want to send a probe with the express purpose of returning about an hour later (1/2)
piconoe
to Earth just to say we can. (2/2)
TerrorBite
That top/bottom photo, both are captioned BEHEPA-14 (Venera-14) and the photo on Wikipedia states both are from V-14, not V-9 and V-10.
felofilipino
OP is a big fat phony
kenesisiscool
Fixed ti.
kenesisiscool
*it.
sporkafife
And because it's so dense, the air at the surface actually acts like a supercritical fluid instead of a regular gas!
Murrdogg
*Venereal atmo
yourfutureself
They should send an AC to cool it down..
NoItsATideUsername
It's also heavily corrosive and ate through the metal plating of the probes in a few hours
FakeGamerGirl
That wasn't a serious hindrance, though - the probes had very limited battery power so they would stop working even if they failed to melt.
ThisWasATriumph
I wonder how much of the probe is still left. Is it like a puddle of goop still or merely a stain on the ground?
NoItsATideUsername
Considering how geologically active Venus is, it's very possible it's covered under new land
randomlex
Didn't the extreme heat get to it first?
NoItsATideUsername
It was a combination of both. The extremely high levels of sulfuric acid eat through the heated and more pliable metal
WhatTheIDontEvenHOW
Most of the probes melted from the inside out rather then outside in, due to that they were still using old style transistors.
Deske
We should put money into building one that can withstand it for a day.
Thorbane
Then you have to get this hilariously overbuilt probe into orbit.
Deske
Isn't that the point? Are you telling me real life isn't like Kerbal Space Program?
kenesisiscool
We might as well just drop a chunk of platinum onto the planet instead. It would be cheaper.
stou
Cosmos has a few good sequences on the Venera landers.
kenesisiscool
Oddly enough, I have never watched that show. Strange, considering how interested I am in Space.
stou
It's seriously amazing. I avoided watching it for a long time because I am an astrophysics PhD student and I thought it would disappoint me.
SirForeverAloneEsquireLe1stAndOnly
If that's true then how do they have the probe in the first picture? Or is that a picture before that launched it?
StandardDeviant
While they were assembling it
Kur111
Nah, that's a picture from the NASA warehouse on venus.
Kur111
In all seriousness though, it would be super hard to bring a spacecraft back to earth after such a mission, and way too expensive.
LloydWaldo
NASA is known for creepy wall pictures of Lennon.
Thegamer211
But Russia launched the venera probes...
Kur111
yea. to visit nasa on the venus.
eidam655
you're very close to the correct answer, try thinking just a little bit harder and you'll get it ;)
SirForeverAloneEsquireLe1stAndOnly
I've been up for the past 27 hours... too tired to think.
breadedfishstrip
Don't forget the time when one of the probes had a soil sampler on board, which ended up probing the ejected lens cap of one of the cameras
breadedfishstrip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_14
NotAPervert
That blows.
kenesisiscool
I edited that in (I can mention you if you like)
TaylorT
I've never heard that before. Honestly, what are the fucking odds?
breadedfishstrip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_14
TaylorT
Talk about bad luck...
Bunsen
The more I learn about spaceflight, the more I find that Murphy's Law reigns unchallenged in space.
DavidBrooker
When I build something myself its iterative. Build, test, then fix. In spaceflight, things have to work the first time.
DavidBrooker
Obviously NASA tests its probes before they fly them, but I mean the first real-life shakedown they have is when they're used for real.
breadedfishstrip
Venus tries very hard to fuck over anyone who attempts to probe or land it. What are they hiding?
Kinderschlager
oil
LemanKingOfTheRuss
It also rains acid.
nightmarerunner
Like at this club I was at and I asked this woman if she wanted to discotheque and she said there was no way.
KingOfTheAnarchists
Sounds like a Hendrix song
iknownotwhatispeak
mmmm acid
imnotthedoctor
In the scientific community, we regard these planets as "totally fucking metal"
MitchBeaucannon
http://i.imgur.com/jorlhJY
breadedfishstrip
And it never touches the surface - it forms, falls down, and evaporates 20km or so above the surface.
azureraptor
Colonization: hard mode.
IlluminaBlade
There is also constant lightning that cannot reach the ground due to the sheer resistance of the air.
MisterLemons
That moment when your lava planet tries to rain pure acid on you but it speed boils 13 miles up because it's so hot.
breadedfishstrip
Not just the heat- a combo of heat and insane pressure. Sulfuric acid forms in the upper atmo, falls, and gets boiled off
breadedfishstrip
Also Venus isn't really a lava planet; It's active but most of the heat comes from the greenhouse effect of its cloud cover - possibly (1/2)
breadedfishstrip
(2/2) from past volcanic activity. Ironically this perma-heat is also what 'cooled down' its own volcanic activity due to less heat diff
WindrunnerTheMovie
"come at me bro"
umpbumpfizz
We choose to go to Venus not because it is easy, but because it is hard. Apparently, really, really, fucking hard.
Waddafaq
apparently it wouldnt be to difficult to set up a floating airbase in the atmosphere that could support a human crew
CatSnakePlissken
Yeah something like 20 miles up it's 70 degrees and 1 ATM pressure and O2 is a lifting gas.
TotallyNotJaimieLannister
I read this in JFK's voice. I chortled.
Beowylf
Vote Quimby!
LizardEnterprises
Yeah, We have no idea how to make anything that will survive a useful amount of time on Venus. Mars is a cakewalk by comparison.
roqet
its the final countdown
Kakhtus
*keyboard riff*
TheCanadianNerd
That's not the only thing ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
ISAIDPEWPEW
Space travel makes you horny??
TheCanadianNerd
kkus
Is it really that much slower in space?
TheCanadianNerd
should it not?
skittleyphallus
Hell yeah
BangPopesAndProsper
Shut up, nerd
TheCanadianNerd
CmdrNinja
"We're going to mars." "Why?" "THE FUCK YOU MEAN WHY? SPACE AND SHIT. HIGH FOCUS ON SPACE NIGGA!"
Threns
My only issue is its a dead rock in a gravity well. Asteroid capture missions ftw. Resources > infrastructure > civvie spaceflight
Eldibs
We're going to learn with all certainty that it's a dead rock.
Threns
with water here and there, occasionally
azureraptor
I may be nuts but the engineering challenge of the Venusian surface is really interesting to me.
Threns
Oh man, can you imagine the weird physics that must be going on there? My personal love is Jupiter, I wanna see below the cloud decks
CmdrNinja
Agreed. :D
kenesisiscool
I firmly believe that if/when it becomes a civilian business is when we will actually make major progress in that field.
Threns
Indeed. I'm watching various deep space mining companies with great interest.