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These Eerie Photos Are The Only Ones Ever Taken on Venus (www.sciencealert.com)
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[โ€“] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the upper half of the photo with the horizon visible is some kind of artistic recreation. The original photos did not show the horizon.

[โ€“] pgp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

It's not. The photos with the horizon visible are photos taken during the descent, whereas the photos with only ground visible were taken as landing was imminent (or after landing).