Venus Crater

[Unitron48]

This is an old photo taken in November 1996 from Magellan spacecraft. Don't ever recall seeing it, but certainly impressive!!

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/dick ... r-on-venus

As the article relates, Davinci is next up (mid 2031) for viewing Venus: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/20 ... e-of-venus.

Enjoy the read!!

Dave

[Johnny Carter]

Wow, this is like you are right there, awesome!

[KingNothing13]

Wow, nice Dave - thanks for posting that.

[Makuser]

Hi Dave. Wow, this is a great Venus Crater image, really up close with sharp details. It ranks up with and maybe surpasses the Russian Venera missions surface photos from the 1970's and 80's, which were all that existed at the time. Thanks for finding and sharing these links with us Dave and we can look forward to even more great captures with the DAVINCI probe in 2031.

[Lady Fraktor]

An amazing image, thank you for sharing it Dave.

[turboscrew]

These are, probably, the first photographs of the surface of Venus.
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/plane ... ra9-10.jpg

[Unitron48]

These are, probably, the first photographs of the surface of Venus.
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/plane ... ra9-10.jpg

Some additional info on those two images: "Venera 9, which launched on June 8, 1975, was the first mission to attempt to take pictures of the Venus surface. Though the probe landed in good health on October 22, only one of the lens caps on the two cameras separate. What was planned as a 360-degree panorama around the lander became a 180 degree image. Venera 10 followed in Venera 9’s footsteps, reaching the surface on October 25. Again, only one of the lens caps separated properly returning a 180-degree panoramic image before going silent after 65 minutes on the surface. (Venera 9’s panorama is the upper image and Venera 10’s is the lower image.)"

Dave