The First and Only Photos From Venus - What Did We See? (4K)

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  • Only four spacecraft have ever returned photographs from the surface of Venus. Our neighbouring planet doesn’t make it easy, below the clouds blistering heat and crushing pressures quickly destroy most landers. But, in 1975 and 1982, 4 of the Soviet Union’s Venera probes captured our only photos of Venus’ surface. The Venera landers scanned the surface back and forth to create panoramic images of their surroundings. They revealed yellow skies and cracked, desolate landscapes that were both alien and familiar, views of a world that may have once been like Earth before experiencing catastrophic climate change. Here are the only photos we have of the surface of Venus.
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  • @V101SPACE
    @V101SPACE  วันที่ผ่านมา

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  • @brucestorey3400
    @brucestorey3400 ปีที่แล้ว +4570

    Hats off to the scientists who made the Venera probes. They were well ahead of their time and gave the world these intriguing pics.

    • @MosesMatsepane
      @MosesMatsepane ปีที่แล้ว +209

      It’s Engineers who made them. Scientist are mostly interested in collecting data and studying it, they don’t really care about building probes. They’ll specify exactly what they want to achieve, and Engineers will build and manufacture it. Science and Engineering are close siblings, from the same parents, but slightly different. One comes before the other.

    • @Adgjmptw343
      @Adgjmptw343 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@MosesMatsepane engineers aspire to become scientists.

    • @MosesMatsepane
      @MosesMatsepane ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@Adgjmptw343 Not always, Engineering is an Applied Science discipline. So most of us really like to design and engineer cutting edge technology. Whereas Scientists tend to work on problems that are way out there in the distant future, and often not practical at all. The two fields are more complementary to each other, with Engineering being a little brother of Science. I don't want to be a Scientist at all. That will bore me to death.

    • @gah.....
      @gah..... ปีที่แล้ว +37

      My wifes an engineer and so are her friends and my God y'all love telling everyone lol

    • @TheFlunkie
      @TheFlunkie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      -has brain god gave an animal cracker

  • @Squidgyy_
    @Squidgyy_ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +349

    Getting pictures back from Mars is an extraordinary thing in itself but getting some back from Venus 40+ years ago is absolutely unbelievable

    • @heidihoglan5873
      @heidihoglan5873 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It certainly IS unbelievable...

    • @thomasdeturk5142
      @thomasdeturk5142 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wished that Venus had over 40 moons

    • @heidihoglan5873
      @heidihoglan5873 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thomasdeturk5142 😄

    • @ObviouslyKieran
      @ObviouslyKieran 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's almost like American propaganda worked...

    • @NionXenion-gh7rf
      @NionXenion-gh7rf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no tik tok back then

  • @Nancygertu
    @Nancygertu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +314

    I've never felt like this before but it's really depressing to think about how all these planets, giants in the space, are completely empty... I can't imagine how scary it would be to be there alone...

    • @KompadoodleLEL
      @KompadoodleLEL 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      its eerie.

    • @markborsos646
      @markborsos646 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      "either we are alone in the universe or we are not. both are equally terrifying "

    • @dyyylllaannn
      @dyyylllaannn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      you'd need a hell of a spacesuit which would imply a team behind you

    • @joshuaortiz2031
      @joshuaortiz2031 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I would love to have an entire planet to myself. Isolation gives me peace of mind.

    • @michaelsanders7484
      @michaelsanders7484 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      As a Christian, It’s exciting to think that God made all of these planets, and that he knows every single crevice of this planet and of those too far to be seen now. It’s comforting to ponder that if He created them and knows about them, how much more for his children.

  • @DeSinc
    @DeSinc 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +310

    One of them even took an audio recording of the surface. You could hear some ambient noises from the actual surface of venus while the probe drilled into the rock for its tasks. I find when combined with audio, it becomes much more real to me and I feel like I can almost picture myself standing on the surface. If you like this stuff I highly recommend searching it up, it's on YT.

    • @telebubba5527
      @telebubba5527 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      This channel did a video about that 2 years ago. I know because it's on the right hand side of my screen in the recommended video list. 😂

    • @ATBatmanMALS31
      @ATBatmanMALS31 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Besides the burning anyway lol

    • @jkeebla
      @jkeebla 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      now hit an accelerated back hop off jupiter

    • @D4rkSpaze
      @D4rkSpaze 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I havent watched the video yet of sound of venus but it probably sounded like deepfrying a food

    • @xxsniperxelitxomegaxlmaoxo7381
      @xxsniperxelitxomegaxlmaoxo7381 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      the sounds from space sure are terrifying yet intresting.

  • @kdiggedydawg
    @kdiggedydawg ปีที่แล้ว +1695

    I've lost count of how many times I've looked these images up and just stared in awe.
    Colour photos from the surface of another planet all the way back in the 80's is really impressive.

    • @mirshia5248
      @mirshia5248 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what awe? if you see the same area one earth would you be in awe? no, its just your mind tricking you, there is literally nothing that can possibly give awe from barren boring planet after you have already saw whats possible on earth, thats just not logical unless your mind is tricking you

    • @sebastianspecter8843
      @sebastianspecter8843 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      You could take these photos on earth and call them something else. Nothing special

    • @jedaaa
      @jedaaa ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sebastianspecter8843 That's because you can't appreciate or understand what you're looking at

    • @Ty-ry5rg
      @Ty-ry5rg ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i concur.

    • @stummeboibeatz
      @stummeboibeatz ปีที่แล้ว +128

      @@sebastianspecter8843 is the earth flat too?

  • @PhinneusPrune
    @PhinneusPrune ปีที่แล้ว +3114

    The Soviet Union never got the credit they deserve for getting photos from the Planets surface back in 82. The heat and pressure on Venus's surface doomed any probes chance of survival and the fact that they were able to land and take such stunning photo's on that planets surface should be applauded. We see Mars and a lot of people take those photo's for granted. But as great as an achievement all of the rovers on Mars are and were. These photo's dwarf those in every way.

    • @intermilan9731
      @intermilan9731 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most of Soviet Union’s scientific expertise was taken from former National Socialist Germany.

    • @PhinneusPrune
      @PhinneusPrune ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@intermilan9731 well ... most of the US scientific expertise came from there as well. Look up Operation: Paperclip. Vernor Von Braun headed up NASA

    • @intermilan9731
      @intermilan9731 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@PhinneusPrune I know.

    • @Philosopat
      @Philosopat ปีที่แล้ว +119

      @@PhinneusPrune that wasn't from the Soviet union, that was from Germany when the UN and Israel were formed at the end of the war. They moved most of the people they deemed assets to other countries and covered up their involvement in the death camps. Some of them definitely ended up in the Soviet union but most went to Argentina and the US.
      Many of our nations issues today are the direct result of some of these people getting into governmental roles.
      It's a very weird situation if you ask me.

    • @sperzieb00n
      @sperzieb00n ปีที่แล้ว +111

      the credit should go to the scientists and engineers who managed to pull this off despite living in the soviet union

  • @danielj7109
    @danielj7109 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    From light bulb to Venus landing in a few decades. Amazing.

  • @stevendimmock4791
    @stevendimmock4791 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    Fabulous video, thank you. I'm 63 years old and not in the best of health. I don't regret anything in my life, but I do regret not being able to be around when all the mysteries of our universe are solved for us. Young people, you have my envy!

    • @JakNekon
      @JakNekon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      "We are the middle children of history. Born too late to explore earth, born too early to explore space" anonymous.

    • @RansomCrownOfficial
      @RansomCrownOfficial 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    • @SenorPenor1337
      @SenorPenor1337 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm 30yrs your junior sir, and I don't think we'll see anything you didn't.. I too don't want to miss when humanity explores the cosmos but I think the singularity is more likely

    • @AChopstix
      @AChopstix 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@JakNekon How can we be born too late to explore Earth? It's easier than it's ever been to explore earth in our current times, being born long ago you would only be able to go as far as you would be able to walk which wouldn't be far. But we are definitely born too early to explore space.

  • @EnragedByCorn
    @EnragedByCorn ปีที่แล้ว +1907

    Such high quality photos of an alien planet taken nearly forty years ago is just awe inspiring.

    • @codymadison9993
      @codymadison9993 ปีที่แล้ว

      “Space may be the final frontier but it’s made in a Hollywood basement.”😂
      They mock you to your face and you space monkeys don’t even see it. 😢

    • @jgunther3398
      @jgunther3398 ปีที่แล้ว

      all or almost all of what you're seeing here is simulations

    • @NaN_000
      @NaN_000 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Now say usa or Soviet?.
      Meanwhile usa use low quality camera to capture moon landing

    • @WilliamEllison
      @WilliamEllison ปีที่แล้ว +23

      These landers, which were launched in the 1970s and 1980s, scanned the surface back and forth to create panoramic images of their surroundings. The images they captured revealed a stark and desolate landscape, with a reddish-orange hue and a surface covered in rocks and boulders.
      In addition to the panoramic images, the Venera landers also captured close-up images of the surface, showing individual rocks and other features in more detail. Some of these features included what appeared to be wind-swept plains and regions of rough, jagged terrain.
      The images also revealed the yellow skies of Venus, which are a result of the thick layer of clouds that blankets the planet. The clouds are primarily composed of sulfuric acid, and they obscure the surface from view in visible light. However, the Venera landers were equipped with instruments that allowed them to see through the clouds and capture images of the surface.
      Overall, the images captured by the Venera landers provided valuable insights into the geology and surface features of Venus, and continue to be studied by scientists today. They are a testament to the ingenuity and determination of the scientists and engineers who designed and launched these missions, and to the incredible technological achievements of the Soviet space program.

    • @fredpart8066
      @fredpart8066 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@NaN_000 meanwhile USA still exists on a map.. Soviet Union, gone, since 1991.

  • @MrGriff305
    @MrGriff305 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    It's so very impressive that this was being done in the 1970s. They already understood Venus's ridiculous atmosphere enough to actually land on the surface.. That's just amazing

    • @danielharvison7510
      @danielharvison7510 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      That and the Soviets didn't have the tech that NASA had at the time, and they still managed 13 landings on the place. NASA still hasn't even managed one single landing on Venus.

    • @prototype014
      @prototype014 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      But NASA has managed the onther neighbor - Mars.

    • @danielharvison7510
      @danielharvison7510 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@prototype014 Mars is easy by comparison. Very little atmosphere and your probe will actually survive. Lower degree of difficulty is all I'm saying.

    • @mom4u412012
      @mom4u412012 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      80s not 70s

    • @danielharvison7510
      @danielharvison7510 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@mom4u412012 80s were the later missions, they began in the 70s, as stated in this video.

  • @jakubkrcma
    @jakubkrcma 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Space exploration is one of the areas where all people should cooperate. It pushes all of us forward. ❤

    • @dragons_hook
      @dragons_hook 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's how we got the ISS

    • @MrBhart2408
      @MrBhart2408 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah... it pushes us further in debt. Let's fix this planet before we screw up the rest of the universe!

  • @V101SPACE
    @V101SPACE  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

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    • @NionXenion-gh7rf
      @NionXenion-gh7rf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      1 day on venus is longer than earth's month, so it has less time to cool, it is not because of climate change.

    • @animationsarehere6455
      @animationsarehere6455 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@NionXenion-gh7rf Watch out! These days you might get a policeman knocking at your door with comments like that! :)

  • @DaveTexas
    @DaveTexas ปีที่แล้ว +648

    I remember hearing about these missions and seeing the photos back in the ‘80s. It amazes me that we haven’t had much more technologically advanced probes land on Venus and transmit more photos of the surface in all the years since.

    • @intermilan9731
      @intermilan9731 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      We prolly have.
      You can’t really expect these global authorities to share every bit of space data with ordinary folks.
      We prolly know a lot lot more. We are just not being told, it’s naive to believe we are.

    • @JMRabil675
      @JMRabil675 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      People are much more concerned about tik tok dances

    • @michaeldonatoni6616
      @michaeldonatoni6616 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Agreed! You would think by now we would be able to accomplish this!

    • @murdock8068
      @murdock8068 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      My cell phone im writing this on has more technology than the space probe. That's sooo weird to think about. Maybe I'm wrong?

    • @uchibenkei
      @uchibenkei ปีที่แล้ว +31

      do you think things have changed so much on that planet that we need more billion dollar photos?

  • @thisismonitor4099
    @thisismonitor4099 ปีที่แล้ว +903

    I used to look at these photos as a kid, as well as the ones that came earlier in the mid 70s from the Viking probes.
    What a lot of people don't realize about the Venera probes is that to take the photos, they needed to use a diamond window because glass just couldn't take it. It's pretty cool :)

    • @T.K.P.
      @T.K.P. ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Omg USSR sending diamonds to unusable planet, with that costly decisions, when it was in cold war, it was bound to get disintegrated.

    • @Shirokroete
      @Shirokroete ปีที่แล้ว +218

      @@T.K.P. Diamonds aren't even that expensive. On diamonds used for jewelry are extremely expensive because their supply is being held artificially low.

    • @T.K.P.
      @T.K.P. ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Shirokroete I know that, but as long as I can't get construction diamonds in cheap, I will have to take jewellery diamonds as real price.

    • @T.K.P.
      @T.K.P. ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Bullshitvol2 eBay? Good luck to you.

    • @princeancheta4041
      @princeancheta4041 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Well they can just create synthetic diamonds or lab grown diamonds which is cheaper. Also lab grown diamonds and naturally occurring diamonds are the same since they're created with the same chemistry.

  • @mrfairact8662
    @mrfairact8662 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    It's great how the cameraman on Venus was able to hold his breath for so long and took these great pictures for us. Hats off.

    • @haidersiddiqui4973
      @haidersiddiqui4973 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Peak comedy

    • @toddwebb7521
      @toddwebb7521 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The cameraman always survives

    • @ninab.4540
      @ninab.4540 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@toddwebb7521Except at Pearl Harbour

  • @nikhilpachauri5761
    @nikhilpachauri5761 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    These images showcase the hard work put in by the scientists from Soviet Union. Imagine if the best brains in the world work together without much fight, how much more we can uncover about our solar system.

    • @umageddon
      @umageddon ปีที่แล้ว +67

      So many people are too hung up on their 'special' identities these days. They ignore that we are all apart of the same cosmic soup - not separate.
      Almost nothing of real value can come from this type of environment

    • @Monotony619
      @Monotony619 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why would we want to do that, it’s easier to suppress poor people and start wars.

    • @nikhilpachauri5761
      @nikhilpachauri5761 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@umageddon very true.

    • @buubaku
      @buubaku ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There are some things worth fighting for

    • @buubaku
      @buubaku ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@umageddon the cold war wasn't about identity, it was about a fundamental disagreement on how society should be organised

  • @cupriferouscatalyst3708
    @cupriferouscatalyst3708 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    This is absolutely mindblowing, I can't believe I didn't even know we had probes on Venus at one point

    • @ADreamingTraveler
      @ADreamingTraveler ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yeah a lot of people forget. Nowadays we seem to just ignore Venus which is sad

    • @maolo76
      @maolo76 ปีที่แล้ว

      The west cover up of course.

    • @Centaurus_L4
      @Centaurus_L4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@ADreamingTraveler because it’s a dry arid hell hole. It’s not really worth visiting again

    • @meadish
      @meadish ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Soviet Union, Cold War. I'm guessing we'll score no extra points for realizing why media attention in the West was somewhat limited in proportion to the feat.

    • @deiu9999
      @deiu9999 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      we also have sounds from there 😁

  • @ronaryel6445
    @ronaryel6445 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    The Venera program was an incredible achievement and all about innovation, learning from experience and hard, precise work. NASA's probes (like Mariner 5)did help by collecting data from orbit; the new upcoming probes also benefit from both Venera and the Magellan Venus Radar Mapper. Magellan was a spacecraft designed by JPL in Pasadena and equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar, designed and built by Hughes Aircraft Company's Space and Communications Group (I played a role on the procurement side). In 1989, Magellan mapped 99% of Venus' surface in great detail. (Today, that Hughes unit, along with Radar Systems Group, belongs to Boeing Defense, Space and Security.)

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The Venera program sorta worked. Luna 25, two days ago, not so much.

    • @yvanmargineanu9807
      @yvanmargineanu9807 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@spikespa5208 Russian spaceship crashes on the moon They used computer chips from washing machines and... got a spin off! 😂

    • @kirillperov3843
      @kirillperov3843 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@spikespa5208 the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation are not the same thing

  • @WarriorsPhoto
    @WarriorsPhoto 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Good story telling.
    It's always good to learn something. Today I learned a little about Venus and hopefully we'll discover more during our lifetimes.

  • @V101SPACE
    @V101SPACE  ปีที่แล้ว +708

    Sometimes you've got to look back 40 years or so to find the best photos. Or, in this case, the only photos! What did you think of these images? Pretty impressive, right? Let me know below! Have a great day! V

    • @princessedesforets
      @princessedesforets ปีที่แล้ว +6

      THOUSANDS OF DEATHS

    • @Dismantled500
      @Dismantled500 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Can’t wait for 2029 I’m a bit of a space nerd and im mostly interested in Venus so this will be exciting

    • @gambler143
      @gambler143 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      These are incredible images. The only thing comparable right now is images from moon landings and the Mars landers. I didn't even know we had these.

    • @gambler143
      @gambler143 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@princessedesforets - What does this mean?

    • @ladyselenafelicitywhite1596
      @ladyselenafelicitywhite1596 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They are amazing 🙋🏼‍♀️

  • @spacebatstuckonearth8888
    @spacebatstuckonearth8888 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    The 1982 color picture of another planet, I'm speechless how advanced they were so long back

    • @thehorrorartist9317
      @thehorrorartist9317 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      say that to the wizard of Oz in 1939

    • @jerrytriplett5867
      @jerrytriplett5867 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Us neanderthals back then really did well for ourselves. You seem like we had no technology until the 2000s. I hope you are being facetious.

    • @bruceleeheehee
      @bruceleeheehee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Alien technology

    • @lesleymaner2851
      @lesleymaner2851 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@jerrytriplett5867I don’t they were saying there was no technology then. Just saying how clear the images were

    • @xxjr8axx
      @xxjr8axx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lesleymaner2851when you pump in that amount of money into a probe it better be good.

  • @fins59
    @fins59 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fantastic info & images, I don't remember seeing these back in the day.
    Nice to remember when space exploration was all about co-operation between countries and gaining and sharing knowledge of our solar system.

  • @AD-df5tm
    @AD-df5tm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Its crazy that this isnt more talked about. Like, i didnt even know we landed on Venus until a few years ago. The fact they did it in the freaking 80s is insane.

  • @ninetydegreeplanet
    @ninetydegreeplanet ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Equally as mind blowing, is that one of the veneras sent back an audio recording of the wind.

    • @TheUluxian
      @TheUluxian ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Which is also on this channel, Duke,,

    • @ninetydegreeplanet
      @ninetydegreeplanet ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheUluxian ah this must be where i found it lol

    • @Mr.Obongo
      @Mr.Obongo ปีที่แล้ว +25

      What for real?? When wind noise was sent back to earth from mars few years back, it was announced as the ever first audio recording from another planet… the Venera missions prove otherwise.

    • @ninetydegreeplanet
      @ninetydegreeplanet ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mr.Obongo i have it on my phone, extended to 1 hour - gets me to sleep really quickly!

  • @indyracingnut
    @indyracingnut ปีที่แล้ว +54

    The Soviets may have been our political enemies, but they had some damn good engineering skills also.

    • @SuperAdventureR1301
      @SuperAdventureR1301 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The soviets made some absolute engineering wonders. Imagine if the U.S and the Soviets focused all their efforts into scientific discovery and space exploration, as opposed to a pointless $20 trillion arms race. We would have humans all over the solar system by now if it weren't for pointless conflict.

    • @harriettanthony7352
      @harriettanthony7352 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Soviet 'skills' were from kidnapped NAZI scientists, and subjected to forced labour

    • @lonewolfnomadic3403
      @lonewolfnomadic3403 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SuperAdventureR1301 and now they're doing the same exact thing to China. they don't care about humanity or unity. they always wanted to be no.1 country in the world

    • @obamacare4262
      @obamacare4262 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SuperAdventureR1301 The arms race wasn't pointless, it suspended Mutually assured destruction, for hopefully forever.

    • @chuckdawg2799
      @chuckdawg2799 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SuperAdventureR1301 it was only pointless bc of the gd commies. jfc. they wanted to dominate the globe with their ideology of enslavement.

  • @ifelloff7164
    @ifelloff7164 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It’s so cool how the surface of Venus looks earthy but also not. The yellow kinda light looks so cool too

  • @jwstork
    @jwstork 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The images are almost deceptive of the reality they were taken in - the surface looks cold, not blistering hot, and that pressure is crazy. These missions were amazing accomplishments.

  • @billrossignon8621
    @billrossignon8621 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This might be some of the best stuff the Soviet space program ever did. 900 degree heat and pressure that would crush a sub and they landed and got the photos. Well done.

    • @ramidaoud7945
      @ramidaoud7945 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol and there was a camera to record them land ? humans are so ez to manipulate

    • @bossman6798
      @bossman6798 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@ramidaoud7945huh??

    • @JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe
      @JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Crush a sub!😳

    • @charlesblanton1008
      @charlesblanton1008 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@ramidaoud7945Are you referring to the obvious recreation at 6:02 ? If so, don't project your simple mindedness onto everyone else. Only photos were taken. There was no claim that the clip shown was an actual footage of it landing...

    • @bid84
      @bid84 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@charlesblanton1008the internet is full of more ons 😂

  • @knutthompson7879
    @knutthompson7879 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    Getting an operational probe to the Venusian surface was one of the great engineering accomplishments of modern times. Yeah, the pictures were distorted and not very high quality, but holy cow they are miraculous given the unimaginably difficult conditions.

    • @chepushila1
      @chepushila1 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      They are actually pretty high-quality especially the 1980s ones.

    • @sundar999
      @sundar999 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Didn't seem distorted to me

    • @billblaski9523
      @billblaski9523 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      $hit, no-one else has been to Venus since

  • @drewc4216
    @drewc4216 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My phone can’t work at my house but we can be sent photos back from Venus

  • @braniganblue3460
    @braniganblue3460 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for using Imperial measurements as well as metric. It makes the video more enjoyable.

  • @newerafrican
    @newerafrican ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Shows how precious our planet is.

    • @WilliamEllison
      @WilliamEllison ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes, the study of other planets in our solar system, such as Venus, can provide important insights into the unique characteristics and conditions that make Earth habitable. By understanding how the planets formed and evolved, as well as the factors that influence their atmospheres and climates, we can gain a better appreciation for the fragility and complexity of our own planet.
      At the same time, studying other planets can also help us identify potential threats to Earth, such as asteroids or comets that could collide with our planet and cause catastrophic damage. By understanding the nature and behavior of these objects, we can develop strategies for protecting our planet and mitigating the risks of these types of events.
      Ultimately, the study of other planets and the exploration of space are important not only for expanding our scientific knowledge, but also for helping us appreciate the unique beauty and value of our own planet, and for inspiring us to work together to protect and preserve it for future generations.

    • @Yaaaay99
      @Yaaaay99 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      BEST COMMENT EVER ❤

    • @bryanpinto4051
      @bryanpinto4051 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      and unique

    • @AutismusPrime69
      @AutismusPrime69 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So brave....so bold

    • @Gypsambo65
      @Gypsambo65 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Yaaaay99pl😅😅 in

  • @imaldon1
    @imaldon1 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    With 40 years of scientific advancements in space engineering, it's unfortunate that a special landing gear is not considered for this probe in order to take the best and most crystal clear panoramic images at 360° on surface. Images will be limited only during its descent. Hope and wish for the best of success on this project and its team. Thank you V101 Science for this amazing presentation and to those fearless and determined engineers of the Venera missions. Bravo!👏

    • @butspan7618
      @butspan7618 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      landing gear is not the problem as all it takes is a relatively small air break. the problem is making the drone be able to withstand the temperature and pressure which would drive up the cost of making and sending the probe.

    • @RobinTheBot
      @RobinTheBot ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The lense cap, as you can see in the photos, is a large two-part metal shield... Looks a few inches thick.
      It is a huge chunk of metal that needs to be able to withstand bring hit by a planet sized blow torch through corrosive toxic air thick with little sandblasting particles, before landing in an oven.... And then the thing that survived that needs to pop neatly open and fall off.
      It's a shame, but honestly, it's a testament to society engineering that it worked at all. At that time, we didn't know all this about Venus.... It was mostly a mystery beneath the clouds. *THESE* are the the probes that answered the question.
      Looking at the surface... It's not likely the other side saw much.

    • @TheUluxian
      @TheUluxian ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I would imagine if we could get a look at any of the Venera craft today, they're probably about the size of a gallon paint can due to the pressure.
      That is if they haven't liquified into a pool of molten metal..

    • @butspan7618
      @butspan7618 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @BOB K i wouldn't say failing more like not attempting as you got to build the probe in a diving bell and launch it to Venus. aka a lot of money so you're probe can land on the surface for a couple minutes. also there is no point as a probe has already mapped most of Venuses surface from space.

    • @Vito_Tuxedo
      @Vito_Tuxedo ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TheUluxian Not molten metal. Most of the materials used didn't have a low melting point. Also, pressure doesn't work that way; most of the spacecraft was made of incompressible materials. What most likely happened was corrosion of the outer shell. Once that was breached, the pressure inside & outside the vessel would quickly equalize. The craft would just corrode away to nothing. Plastics would melt and boil away.

  • @HughJass-jv2lt
    @HughJass-jv2lt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Soviet Union did AMAZING work in Space exploration ❤❤

  • @kamanira
    @kamanira 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's wild to me that Venus is so well-lit. Genuinely shocking. I'd expected the cloud cover to make the surface a dark, volcanic landscape lit up by magma and flashes of lightning. The fact it's just... Normal light levels, but yellow, is... Surprising.

    • @SerBallister
      @SerBallister 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I guess some kind of automatic exposure control.

  • @1legend517
    @1legend517 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Venus has always fascinated me as a planet. I don't know why. I think because its so much like Earth and yet so drastically different. And also it's right nextdoor to us and we know barely anything about it. It's shrouded in mystery.

    • @dougr8646
      @dougr8646 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Play destiny 1

    • @danielharvison7510
      @danielharvison7510 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Basically it's a hellscape. Real hothouse climate, poisonous atmosphere and immense pressure. That and the planet barely rotates at all. Its year is longer than its day. Its almost tidally locked.
      Unfortunately, there's little of practical value to us there, but it's still fascinating.

    • @1legend517
      @1legend517 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@danielharvison7510 Yeah it's a definitely a vision of hell. I think that's why it fascinates me because it's almost like a polar opposite of our own planet.

    • @DarkstarAndrew01
      @DarkstarAndrew01 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not remotely like earth... no water, 600-800 degrees Sulphuric acid atmosphere, etc... The craft lasted 57 minutes before succumbing to the environment...

    • @1legend517
      @1legend517 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@DarkstarAndrew01 Yeah it's almost like the opposite of earth in that it's a poisonous scorching wasteland. You are right. The size of venus and earth are similar though and the gravity. And apparently they formed around the same time. Venus is also the only other terrestrial planet with a proper atmosphere.

  • @thevictoryoverhimself7298
    @thevictoryoverhimself7298 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    One very interesting thing about the probes is that they didnt really need a parachute, the air is so thick (90 atmospheres) the craft would simply slow down on its own as if it was falling through peanut butter. There was a parachute to slow it down high in the atmosphere but it was cut at a height of 50KM (!!!) to maximize the amount of time it spent alive on the surface and built to survive the impact at its very slow terminal velocity.

    • @shelbyseelbach9568
      @shelbyseelbach9568 ปีที่แล้ว

      So it did need a parachute then? LMFAO.

    • @thevictoryoverhimself7298
      @thevictoryoverhimself7298 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Peter-88 v = sqrt {(2 * m * g) / (d * A * C)}
      As you can see, the gravity does affect the terminal velocity, but it is not the only factor.

    • @thevictoryoverhimself7298
      @thevictoryoverhimself7298 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Peter-88 so why don’t skydivers burn up in the atmosphere

    • @cloud5buster
      @cloud5buster 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@Peter-88 "False! If the gravity is stronger than Earth" The gravity on Venus is only 90% of the gravity on Earth.

    • @mickys8065
      @mickys8065 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Peter-88 any heat from air resistance would be negligible to how hot Venus already is. Literally insignificant

  • @SpaceFactsAndScience
    @SpaceFactsAndScience 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In my unquenchable thirst for knowledge this is probably one of the best things I have ever seen

  • @norcalbowhunter3264
    @norcalbowhunter3264 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a hunter, hiker, backpacker, and fisherman I always find it shocking how deep in a forest I can be and still come around human trash.
    There's a saying that no matter where you go, even in the depths of a rain forest, you'll find human trash.
    Yet as I watch stuff like this I realize it's not just earth. We're littering other planets in the solar system with trash too and some day if anyone ever walks the surface of those planets they'll find human trash.

    • @chuckmaddison2924
      @chuckmaddison2924 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why do you think humans are not wanted in space.

  • @TheLastStarfighter77
    @TheLastStarfighter77 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    It's a dam shame that the Lens caps failed to open in the other mission's however the photos we did receive from Venera were quite incredible and credit has to be given to the engineers that designed it, let's hope the da Vinci probe is up to the challenge. Some high definition shots of Venus would be amazing!
    Great video as always "V"

    • @braincell4536
      @braincell4536 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I think it was due to the immense heat that they failed, probably melted while descending from the atmosphere

    • @charlestaylor253
      @charlestaylor253 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@braincell4536 Nah. The government just doesn't want you to see the Venusian giving Earth the finger, um, tentacle!

    • @Atheist7
      @Atheist7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How stupid are they??
      How come they didn't switch to a sliding panel???

    • @braincell4536
      @braincell4536 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Atheist7 isnt that worse? It would melt faster or even fail faster than pop out ones

    • @Atheist7
      @Atheist7 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@braincell4536 Look, the cap didn't "pop off", right?
      So, why not have a metal panel that slides open instead. The ship itself didn't disintegrate right away, make it out of the same metal.

  • @V101SPACE
    @V101SPACE  ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Want some more space? Check out my latest video about the strangest features discovered on Pluto! Including a lake flowing with a mysterious liquid, a volcano that erupts frozen magma and an iceberg that is somehow moving across solid ice. So many unexpected features were seen on the icy world, some of which scientists still can't explain today. Join me as we look at the most surprising features discovered on Pluto so far. Check it out here -th-cam.com/video/wqjHHYyrzxo/w-d-xo.html

    • @Sirbozo
      @Sirbozo ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes

    • @monkeysuncle2816
      @monkeysuncle2816 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I just want a lens cap that opens up when it's supposed to.

    • @hackman3
      @hackman3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A lake flowing mysterious liquid. Ok pal you fell into that 🤣 joke

    • @bo0tsy1
      @bo0tsy1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's the second planet near the sun, nothing is frozen. Quit watching Bill Nye

    • @eiheioh2050
      @eiheioh2050 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Source Summoning Recall
      first: Light a candle in your bedside sleeping place: Silence for 30 seconds and start to meditate:
      May brothers and sisters of light from the divine love quality of source that transcends all time and space and beyond Matrix, I would like to connect with you all the time.
      What you want to do, see, and become, I also want to do, see, and become;
      So in the following all the time, the wisdom of the invisible beings guides and guides individuals, prompts, hints and influences, transcending the wisdom of the universe to bring spiritual truth to control the five senses and the Brain
      I am the source quality, I return to the source quality
      I am formless, I original self-sufficient,
      I am everything; and everything is me
      TRUTH:
      The moon carried a large amount of water and instantly submerged Atlantis and Lemuria. It appeared only a few centuries ago, and it is very close to history (some departments tried their best to cover it up). The earth's magnetic pole shifted, and the entire connected continent changed. into five continents.
      By the way, it lowers the frequency of the surface of the earth, and the water on the surface is no longer the same as the center of the earth. 3D-4D-5D to the center of the earth; Shambhala gates are permanently closed
      The outer matter becomes very heavy, the multi-dimensional structure is isolated in an instant, and almost all the etheric matter is evacuated
      The optical coded wire cannot be connected....
      A Hint:Marduk betrayed the Anunnaki and the Serpents took over the Earth;Serpent family includes Orion and Draco and Sirius B group
      Orion controls human beings in 3D and 4D, and almost controls elite groups and religious ; the central council prohibits Draco from entering the earth, Draco cooperates with AI gods to use biochemical humans to invade the earth, want to biochemical humans!

  • @EnchantedSmellyWolf
    @EnchantedSmellyWolf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your voice and energy is better than any other that is related to planets. Most are just sleepy tone than yours. You rule.

  • @nicksavage4763
    @nicksavage4763 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cameras were protected inside using a periscope type prism
    System to get the photos. Ingenious arrangement to get the images from Hell Outside.

  • @LaoKast21
    @LaoKast21 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    The technology of the probe was amazingly advanced for its time! What amazes me even more is we’re captivated by possible life in other galaxies but we can’t even land on Venus or explore the other planets in our own solar system. The universe is always fascinating.

    • @MetalCharlo
      @MetalCharlo ปีที่แล้ว +30

      We can't even explore our own oceans lmfao

    • @jedaaa
      @jedaaa ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MetalCharlo almost every single part of the oceans have been thoroughly mapped

    • @Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman
      @Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MetalCharlo 😭✌🏼

    • @AaA-xw6yy
      @AaA-xw6yy ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's not that, our generation is useless

    • @harleyhendrix8467
      @harleyhendrix8467 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@jedaaa no they haven't. YOU can simply look this up..... I just put in "how much of the ocean is unexplored " ?.... I got a answer if 80% of our oceans are unmapped ....unobserved and unexplored.... it goes on to say that much remaind to be learned from exploring the mysteries of the deep..
      So... could you maybe explain where you got your information about our oceans being unmapped and unexplored since the information I have found which was the 1st thing that popped up says the complete opposite

  • @Pbav8tor
    @Pbav8tor ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I remember when the first ones launched. I never saw the images, and am beyond impressed with the skills and results of the scientists and engineers of Russia who did all this without computers.

    • @terencejay8845
      @terencejay8845 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      They had computers for number crunching, though they were the size of a box van. I was playing basic computer games in 1972.

    • @mashed1476
      @mashed1476 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ussr was not just russia

    • @user-kg8vn3mp8m
      @user-kg8vn3mp8m ปีที่แล้ว +2

      soviets*

    • @Akshayattr1
      @Akshayattr1 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      not russia but ussr. and they had computers of that time

    • @alexanderkolesnik6942
      @alexanderkolesnik6942 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There were computers in the USSR in the 80-s. They were the size of a wardrobe and had the power of a pocket calculator. I remember them.

  • @noneyabusiness9441
    @noneyabusiness9441 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    It’s crazy how Venus and Mars being on opposite sides of us have the same dry toxic landscape, and yet we have vegetation and life. Crazy

    • @alwaystakemarktwainsadvice4269
      @alwaystakemarktwainsadvice4269 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It’s the Goldilocks zone

    • @vivian3371
      @vivian3371 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We are rich in carbon!!!! But that is something what government wants to remove and made this our planet dry and death. Robots does not need carbon and oxigen 😢

    • @sleepdeprived9181
      @sleepdeprived9181 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      we were lucky. other planets were also probably lucky but still in the early stage. Also we dont know anything outside of the visible universe

  • @ipadize
    @ipadize 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Its still unbelievable that we have images from other planets surfaces.

  • @francisconeto2740
    @francisconeto2740 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I have always been fascinated by planets, especially Venus. This video was the best I've seen of Venus so far, not only because of the clear pictures, but also for the information I didn't have. I've just registered. Keep up the good work, guys!

    • @thehorrorartist9317
      @thehorrorartist9317 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well there's more out of the universe We only found a few oit of trillion or even quadrillion of other stars galaxy black hole planets asteroids

    • @SuperheroJunior
      @SuperheroJunior 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thehorrorartist9317 They make Venus look orange but the real color is yellowish white.

    • @Siromuse
      @Siromuse 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thehorrorartist9317well no duh there’s more out there, we can still be fascinated in a neighboring planet if we want to

    • @TraceguyRune
      @TraceguyRune 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm more fascinated by Mercury. Did you know on Mercury, a day is longer than a year? And it's not as hot as Venus (Stated in this video)

    • @jpetes9046
      @jpetes9046 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TraceguyRune I didn’t know that, that’s pretty cool.

  • @zlpatriot11
    @zlpatriot11 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Great video V101! What The Soviet Union accomplished on studying Venus always has me in awe. I've got some ideas for future videos: Mariner 4 being the first space probe to flyby Mars in 1965, a dedicated video about Pioneer 10 & 11 as they deserve more recognition, Spritzer Infrared Telescope, Lucy mission, Mars Odyssey, DART

  • @mcsquiddysq6522
    @mcsquiddysq6522 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating! Great pictures!

  • @anwarmian1902
    @anwarmian1902 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very clean images of the surface of Venus

  • @lisageiger9841
    @lisageiger9841 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    That has to be the best video I’ve ever seen in my entire 52 years. Thank you so much for doing this.

    • @AutismusPrime69
      @AutismusPrime69 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Time to call it quits

    • @AutismusPrime69
      @AutismusPrime69 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Peter-88 agreed.

    • @Ben-fx8lg
      @Ben-fx8lg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re welcome

  • @csbanki
    @csbanki ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Those animations are great and the transition between the ancient Venus and today's version is such a nice addition!

  • @wolfgangh.7027
    @wolfgangh.7027 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There is one thing that is not mentioned here, maybe it's out of topic: In the year 1986 one of the Venera missions crossed the path of Halley's comet. This Venera mission was also used to explore this comet.

  • @Cotton11
    @Cotton11 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for the amazing photos, Venera team engineers ! 👏👍💛🚀👏
    Venus is sooo interesting ! 👍💛👍

  • @peterfazio9306
    @peterfazio9306 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is amazing. I had no idea the Soviets sent probes to VENUS!

  • @EngineVSEngine
    @EngineVSEngine ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Amazing how harsh that environment is. It's also amazing how much work and effort went into those probes for such little in return.

    • @gsxr419
      @gsxr419 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Billions of dollars for photos that mean absolutely nothing to anyone.

    • @randygraham926
      @randygraham926 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gsxr419 Obviously, you're clueless since you can see how many people are here admiring the amazing photos. Just because they mean nothing to you -- no one cares about your limited interests and curiosity.

    • @ZeyMusique
      @ZeyMusique ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@gsxr419 speak for yourself

  • @JLRRyan
    @JLRRyan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    41 years later and we haven't sent anything back for more exploration? That's very disappointing because these photos are MAGICAL

    • @taticuskillgore5543
      @taticuskillgore5543 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's literally just a barren planet there's not going to be anything to find at all like ever lol still cool looking but there's nothing there

    • @guccibuckethatbrrr
      @guccibuckethatbrrr หลายเดือนก่อน

      costs too much and no space race as motivation

  • @myshadow3074
    @myshadow3074 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the lens cap problem was probably due to the sheer air pressure present which didnt allow it to seperate. Probably almost like how its near impossible to open the door on a drowned car or while its going really fast.

  • @bernardomello842
    @bernardomello842 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Great video. Science and technology are just amazing. I wish we could explore more the space and planets around us. There's so much to discover, so many to gain from it.

  • @glenrosarian2352
    @glenrosarian2352 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Absolutely amazing photographs. Could you imagine what it would be like if people were able to visit Venus? That is, if atmospheric conditions there made it possible or if scientists found some way to protect the astronauts from the extreme heat, extreme atmospheric pressure, and sulfuric acid clouds. Yellow sky? How cool.
    I think it's unfathomable how scientists can engineer even an unmanned spacecraft to land on another planet and then send back pictures and other data. I wouldn't even know where to begin.

    • @Us3r739
      @Us3r739 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have zero idea how they even know the temperature of a planet that’s billions of km away from us

    • @silksonic3927
      @silksonic3927 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes people with destroy that planet also like earth
      Humans are a menace

    • @Nikkk6969
      @Nikkk6969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Us3r739when certain materials on the lander melts and lots of sensors.

    • @harlow743
      @harlow743 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes they would just love living in a dull looking desert with no water being incinerated and crushed at the same time a dream vacation.

    • @scottythedawg
      @scottythedawg 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@harlow743 but venus has lower gravity than earth...edit: sorry, I forgot about the air pressure.

  • @natgrant1364
    @natgrant1364 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ah, Venus. Such a pleasant and fun place to be!
    Anyway, good video. It's an interesting, albeit barren place.

  • @167curly
    @167curly หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating brief photography moments!

  • @mish375
    @mish375 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I just wanted to say that these videos are fantastic. You put so much work into them which is clear with your narration. The picture and sound quality is excellent, and the videos are educational and (most importantly) interesting. Keep it up! 🇨🇦

    • @V101SPACE
      @V101SPACE  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you. I’m glad you enjoy them. V

    • @zamolxezamolxe8131
      @zamolxezamolxe8131 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@V101SPACE background music??

  • @debbieanne7962
    @debbieanne7962 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm grateful for the wonderful photos taken by the soviets back in '82. Sadly Venus has been romantisised for thousands of years as a beautiful sister to earth. Then we saw the real conditions in these images. Reminds me of grey slate. We're lucky to have our beautiful planet that provides us with life. We must care for it as none of the other 8 planets in our solar system are liveable sadly

    • @rais1953
      @rais1953 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes we have people spending billions trying to colonise Mars which is much less terrible than Venus. Yet the best conditions on Mars are much worse, much more toxic and dangerous than the worst conditions on Earth. Let alone Venus!

    • @Marvin-dg8vj
      @Marvin-dg8vj ปีที่แล้ว

      Venus is a vision of hell which will go on forever in human terms .Bleak , hopeless and eventually getting even hotter until it is destroyed by the Sun

  • @deer8071
    @deer8071 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ah yes, the Glowing Sea from Fallout 4. If Hell is real, this is what I'd expect it to look like.

  • @user-ex4si2md6r
    @user-ex4si2md6r 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job done with your documentery of the first time a landing was made on the surface of Venus 👍💯

  • @ellisonhamilton3322
    @ellisonhamilton3322 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Tantalizing glimpses, aren't they? Bravo to the scientists and engineers who made them possible.
    Fascinating as always. Many thanks.
    Hope you and Rolo have a great weekend. 🇺🇸❤🇬🇧

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When our best images of something is 40 years old it tells me we haven't explored enough lately.

    • @AllShaaaallPerish
      @AllShaaaallPerish ปีที่แล้ว

      The globalists who run the world now dont want us to explore they want us to starve and die.

    • @theepashmani3501
      @theepashmani3501 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      With the collapse of ussr the space race slow downed a lot.
      There was no competion of doing new things but now things are again getting interesting, hope it continues.

  • @BrumeNoire
    @BrumeNoire 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like how they waited until Venera 12 to finally adress the lens cap system issue ^-^" I'm sure they had good reasons as to why they didn't fix it after the first 2 or 3 failed attempts. These photographs are impressive, even more so considering the harsh conditions on Venus. You can tell these scientists and engineers went all out. By the way I was wondering what are these spikes or "teeth" that we see at the base of the probes for ?

  • @obamacare9681
    @obamacare9681 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always find it astonishing the money and effort put into getting these photos

  • @nigeldawkins
    @nigeldawkins ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you as always, a brilliant look back at past missions with the anticipation of new.

  • @1SeanBond
    @1SeanBond ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We believe that this is some of the best content on TH-cam! That was so very cool to see. Ty for all you do. Cheers.

  • @vesstig
    @vesstig 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Venus is so hot that you could bake a large pizza in about 10 minutes or less, thats ridiculous

    • @zeendaniels5809
      @zeendaniels5809 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That sounds like a business worthy of investment...

  • @edwardoliver3473
    @edwardoliver3473 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The craftsmanship and mad expenses of these venera landers is astonishing! Platinum casements for cameras! Pure quartz fishbowl lenses !

  • @chicojcf
    @chicojcf ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Looking back, It's astonishing what these probes discovered.

    • @pjm6939
      @pjm6939 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wake up old man. It's all fiction and fantasy. Nothing landed on Venus.

  • @dhruvkapoor13
    @dhruvkapoor13 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Soviet Space Program was really the pioneer of space exploration. Hopefully Roscosmos can build on the legacy of Venera missions with the upcoming Venera-D that will be launched in 2029.

    • @jedaaa
      @jedaaa ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, they still hold almost every record you can think of and did almost everything first

    • @derbigpr500
      @derbigpr500 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jedaaa Yea, people don't realize that NASA was the copycat and was chasing after the soviet union throughout 95% of the space race, and A LOT of the technical solutions soviets used were then adopted by the US (even to this day, even Space X and Elon Musk still use some soviet design principles and Elon considers one soviet rocket engine to be the best ever designed) the only significant first NASA got was basically man on the moon, even though it's said that soviets had the ability to do that as well, they just didn't want to risk human lives and they didn't think the US would either. They did previously land on the moon remotely, and they drove a buggy on the moon remotely, and then took off again and brought samples back to earth, so they landed on the moon first technically, and brought samples back first, they just did it without humans. Which is kinda even more impressive tbh, to have robotics at that level back then.

    • @jedaaa
      @jedaaa ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@derbigpr500 Yeah, the Soviets were actually due to land a man on the moon 6 days after the US but scrapped it when they got pipped to the post, and I'm not up on the latest but a few years ago I was listening to a NASA engineer talking about how they've been trying to reverse engineer the old Soviet multi-booster engines from the 70s but they still can't figure out the plumbing .

    • @aerotuc
      @aerotuc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes i remember seeing your sputnick orbiting the earth many years ago.Thanks from Australia,.

    • @hellskitchen10036
      @hellskitchen10036 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Due to german rocket technology.

  • @PorterB
    @PorterB 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    475 degrees Celsius, and my parents would still complain that its too cold.

  • @kobusvandenbrink1679
    @kobusvandenbrink1679 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s amazing they can communicate with the probes, having it take pictures and be able to send it back to us over such a distance is almost unbelievable.

    • @user-jd8bt4zc1b
      @user-jd8bt4zc1b 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      well the probe communicates with the orbiter and the orbiter communicates with us, it would've been far more complex back then for the probe to have a long distance transmitter in that harsh environment

  • @freddyjosereginomontalvo4667
    @freddyjosereginomontalvo4667 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome channel with awesome content and great quality as always say 💯

  • @bobbyricigliano2799
    @bobbyricigliano2799 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loving this high quality content. Fascinating astronomical info. Subscribed.

  • @johnwright1754
    @johnwright1754 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is fascinating, although it might perhaps be slightly more appropriate to compare the temperature on Venus to the temperature on Earth in Kelvin.

  • @BIaZeDaSHeLL
    @BIaZeDaSHeLL 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Kinda weird with all the probes they just stare at the ground and instead of being even with the horizon

    • @CraigSummers-ci7nt
      @CraigSummers-ci7nt 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Seems they are doing just that

  • @brianbayly3485
    @brianbayly3485 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Wow, nearly 50 years later NASA still can’t actually land on Venus?! Who knew we were so far behind. Still shocks me we weren’t beat to the moon.

    • @Quantiad
      @Quantiad ปีที่แล้ว +24

      That’s what makes the ‘space race’ a bit of a joke. The Soviets did pretty much everything first except that one thing. First satellite, first woman in space, second woman in space, first space walk, first lunar probe, first, second… seventh Venus lander. No doubt they paid the price in human lives but they did almost everything first nonetheless.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not only were we not beat but the Soviets never stood a chance of landing a Cosmonaut on the Moon. Which is why we did it in the first place. BTW we've always been far ahead of anyone else in aerospace technology.

    • @majdavojnikovic
      @majdavojnikovic ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@1pcfred the great space race.
      it is like two boys comparing their toys.
      Clean your Earth first! Then you can play.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@majdavojnikovic my Earth is clean enough. Who are you to be telling others what to do anyways?

    • @TheCaphayes
      @TheCaphayes ปีที่แล้ว

      So basically were smart enough not to attempt and lose tons of money on that imposible failure that was Venus at that time! Just wave the hammer and cycle flag, those guys lost tons of money and discovered very little.

  • @thefrecklepuny
    @thefrecklepuny ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Eerily fantastic shots from those Soviet Venera lander craft. One could almost imagine be standing on the surface and picking up one of those rocks.

    • @kurt44mg42
      @kurt44mg42 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go to Kamchatka, Russia, and then you'll be able to pick up one of those volcanic rocks, without having to imagine it any more.

  • @milosterwheeler2520
    @milosterwheeler2520 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So frustrating. This is like seeing the interior of a mansion through a keyhole.
    We get an invaluable glimpse. But, it is just enough to make us want to see SO much more.

  • @kevinshuler820
    @kevinshuler820 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If man was capable of doing that in the 70s imagine what it can do now.

  • @namikstudios
    @namikstudios ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Imagine how frustrating it would have been to land the probes there only to have the lens cap problem!

  • @danatello8489
    @danatello8489 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's nice to get some information about planets and things beyond Earth that we've actually seen rather than being made up largely of conjecture. Good stuff!

  • @sahandahmad1236
    @sahandahmad1236 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would of been very cool if underneath all that atmosphere. There was green hills with rivers and dinosaurs and deer roaming around.
    A physics defying world. It would of been insane

    • @johnstovall7503
      @johnstovall7503 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like a pre WW2 science fistion story.

  • @harryrussell154
    @harryrussell154 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My house is actually over the horizon, to the left. 1:16
    "Flat slabs of rock similar to volcanic areas found here on earth."....or just like our flat rocks.

  • @davidtaylor6452
    @davidtaylor6452 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Truly remarkable. It's like a fantasy world brought to life. Seeing another completely alien world is incredible.

    • @gb1967.
      @gb1967. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Peter-88or not

  • @sgottoboni
    @sgottoboni ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Wow that's amazing that the camera was able to last even just a few minutes. 👍

  • @RetirededKat
    @RetirededKat 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone who's ever tried to launch and recover an Eve mission in Kerbal Space Program knows at least a small fraction of their pain.

  • @OMEGANiru
    @OMEGANiru 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful information 👏🏻

  • @67marlins
    @67marlins ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Perfectly narrated and very interesting subject - thanks for posting.

  • @Warriorking.1963
    @Warriorking.1963 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Excellent video! This is the first time I had one of your videos recommended to me, and I'm really glad I decided to check it out.
    I wonder what condition those early landers would be in today? Would there be anything left of them, or would the conditions have managed to completely destroy them?

    • @anorthosite
      @anorthosite ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The metallic components would remain below melting temperature. The surface & atmosphere are Beyond "bone dry", and no free oxygen in the atmosphere, so corrosion could come from the sulfuric acid in the atmosphere - and (as is currently understood) any sulfuric acid "rain" falling from the high clouds would evaporate before reaching the surface. Don't know whether sulfur dioxide (third most abundant compound in the atmosphere) would corrode metal, but it does attack silicates.
      Otherwise the atmosphere is about 95% CO2. So I'd suspect they'd remain physically intact / recognizable for some time.

  • @evobsm2328
    @evobsm2328 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ah yes, just cassually sending 14 probes to venus whilst now we are struggling to even send 1

    • @KompadoodleLEL
      @KompadoodleLEL 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the russians were just so ahead of their time when it came to space explorations

    • @Proxinem
      @Proxinem 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The space race made the US and the Soviets put a LOT of money into space exploration, as well as their militaries at the time

    • @muffinconsumer4431
      @muffinconsumer4431 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Old space exploration budgets outpaced military in the cold war. Today, they’re less than a percent (about 0.2%) of the military budget.

  • @ILoveCunnilingus
    @ILoveCunnilingus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    6:55 Maybe a Tardigrade.
    Researchers have found that tardigrades in a tun state can withstand temperatures as low as minus 328 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 200 degrees Celsius) and hotter than 300 degrees F (148.9 C), Smithsonian magazine reported. They can also survive exposure to radiation, boiling liquids, and up to six times the pressure of the deepest part of the ocean, according to the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College in Minnesota.
    A 2008 study published in the journal Current Biology revealed that some species of tardigrades - when dehydrated - could weather a 10-day trip into low-Earth orbit, and return to Earth unharmed by solar ultraviolet radiation and the vacuum of space.