Due to the extreme conditions high speed zonal winds (300-700km/h) during the descend in the thick atmosphere, pressure about >90 times the one on Earth, a surface temperature of 400-500 Celsius (800-900 Fahrenheit) and sulfuric acid the electronic equipment failed after ~1hr.
One of the only photos we have from the surface of Venus The Venera probe, only designed to last 30 minutes, took data for 2 hours before crumbling under Venus’s extreme surface conditionspic.twitter.com/VWYIRLHXXc
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The Venera/Vega program lasted from 1961 till mid eighties.
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¡Esto es de la Venera 9 si no me equivoco! No es sólo una de las pocas imágenes que tenemos de la superficie de Venus, sino que creo que además fue la primera. ^^
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why didn’t i know this existed; wtf.
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Probably because the Venera probes were (according to Google) Russian built.
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im suprised mostly by the fact this image was able to be received. to have data travel long distance with many noise sources and retrieving an image in this resolution. outstanding feat!
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Soviet technology is really impressive when confined to Venus. Earth and Mars, less so.
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That’s very cool. Do you know whether is it a true colour image?
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This is incredible. All I've ever seen is cloud coverage.
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