I am always amazed by the images the USSR missions were able to send back from the Venus surface in the freaking 70's and early 80's [1][2]. For a very long tim

I am always amazed by the images the USSR missions were able to send back from the Venus surface in the freaking 70's and early 80's [1][2]. For a very long time that were the only 'real' pictures from another planet. So good looking and from such a hostile environment. [1] http://mentallandscape.com/C_Venera_Perspective.jpg http://mentallandscape.com/C_Venera_Perspective.jpg [2] http://mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm http://mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm