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.
These Eerie Photos Are The Only Ones Ever Taken on Venus
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to astronomy@mander.xyz
https://www.sciencealert.com/these-eerie-photos-are-the-only-ones-ever-taken-on-venus
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floofloof@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
pgp@sh.itjust.works 11 months 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).
sethboy66@kbin.social 11 months ago
There is a photo on the page that shows the horizon from a landed position, that's the one he's referring to.
It links to, and is displayed, here; with no indication that it's an artist's take on what it would look like. It seems to be D. Mitchell's stitching work from this Venera-13 clear-filter panoramic transmission with added perspective from the color-filter panoramic transmissions.
TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What if we originated on Venus? Then came to Earth as our ancestors messed up that planet. And we came here so we wouldn’t make the same mistake again? What if we are aliens that have the capability to know enough about science to be dangerous to the planets in the universe? Maybe reincarnation is simply finding a new planet to start over on, so that one day we can become decent enough to keep a planet going?
Sheeple@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I feel like people didn’t catch the /s at he end of your shitpost
Skua@kbin.social 11 months ago
It would make for a pretty cool setting for a story though. Set in the near future, first crewed missions to Venus find petroglyphs recording the last days of their ancestors
Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 months ago
It’s not sarcasm though.
deadcream@kbin.social 11 months ago
We just need spren to control our surgebinding and will be fine.