Comments on: Where In The Universe #30

By: AE Baldwin

AE Baldwin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:53:40 +0000

Surface of Venus!!

By: Balaji

Balaji — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:37:58 +0000

its surface of venus

By: maudyfish

maudyfish — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:14:33 +0000

With the new technology we have, can we land a robot on Venus and not have the same affects that the Venera 9 had?

I've heard that we will probably send something that will fly through the atmosphere, but what about something that can land on the planet?

By: Andy F

Andy F — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:18:21 +0000

One of the few (only?) piccies from the surface of Venus – Russian probe Venera (9? – mid 70s?)

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:03:37 +0000

This is link to the excellent quality Venera 9 digital photos recovered by Don P.Mitchell http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Venera09_Processed.jpg

By: BOULAY jean-Claude

BOULAY jean-Claude — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:34:05 +0000

We are on the surface of Venus with Venera 9 the 22 october 1975.

By: Huygens

Huygens — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:27:54 +0000

The first image ever taken of and from the surface of another planet.

Venera 9, 1975. It stands out from all the other few Venus surface images (all taken by the Soviets, the last being 1982) in having so many rocks around the landing site. The rest are molten slabs.

Venus is a fascinating planet nearly the size of Earth. We need to explore it more. We need more surface images from the surface. We need seismology and weather stations there.

Mars gets too much attention. Time to aim sunward.

By: Mr Obvious

Mr Obvious — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:23:39 +0000

Since there were 8 Venera probes launched and designed to land on Venus, I think you should at least say which one to get credit!

Subtract points for giving additional information which is false. For example, Venera 9 actually landed on Oct 22, 1975 and transmitted the picture the same day.

Oct 20th is actually the day the lander separated from the orbiter section, 2 days later the lander was inserted into the atmosphere.

By: Kolmogorov

Kolmogorov — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:48 +0000

It is the Sun, during the night

By: David S

David S — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:01:45 +0000

Venus taken by one of the Venera landers.

By: tritio

tritio — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:19:39 +0000

Is Venera #14 in Venus.

By: BAUT means uninformed and low IQ

BAUT means uninformed and low IQ — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:18:34 +0000

NEPTUNE FOR SURE, EARLY CHINESE PROBE!

NEPTUNE!

By: John J. Benitez

John J. Benitez — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:02:50 +0000

Venus, early Russian probe.

By: Robert DeLoyd

Robert DeLoyd — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:56:00 +0000

Differently Venus!

By: Sci-Fi Si

Sci-Fi Si — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:37:14 +0000

I guessed Venus – before I looked at any comments. I looks as hot as Hell there the way the stones are.

By: Sivathanu Pillai Manickavasagam

Sivathanu Pillai Manickavasagam — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:13:44 +0000

This is Martian surface taken by Nasa probe.

By: Incanus

Incanus — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:20:03 +0000

It's Venus, I know this photo from grade school. It was taken in the 70's by a Russian lander, but I don't recall which one.

By: ringman

ringman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:57:54 +0000

Venus,….
thats all I got.

By: Vino

Vino — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:34:05 +0000

i know that it is not Mars…And such rocky structures are limited…So probably Venus or maybe even our Moon…..

By: Maugrim

Maugrim — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:12:24 +0000

My initial thought was Titan/Huygens. I'm not old enough to remember the Venera program

By: Yael Dragwyla

Yael Dragwyla — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:54:48 +0000

That's the surface of Venus, as shot by one of the Soviet Union's successful Venera probes. I saw this for the first time I think in the mid-1970s, in the newspaper, and then numerous times after that, in scientific periodicals, astronomy texts, and on the Internet. It's a shame nobody's followed up on the Soviet series of Venus probes and landers; today we could probably build an even ruggeder lander, one that could survive several hours on Venus's surface, sample the chemistry of the soil, and acquire other data that would be invaluable for planetary science and studies of the Solar System and its origins. Something to shoot for in the future.

By: Agman

Agman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:50:49 +0000

Pix must be Titan from Huygens

By: KURISU

KURISU — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:41:25 +0000

VENUS!!!!

By: IBY

IBY — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:32:28 +0000

I believe it is Venus, with the rocks and all, which I have seen before. Probably Venera, I don't know of other spacecraft that landed on Venus.

By: Vanamonde

Vanamonde — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:37:57 +0000

Yes, it be Venus. Color would be useless, it is rather monochromatic. Just color it in grayish-yellows.

Landing on Venus and getting pictures is about the hardest thing that has been done in this solar system!!!