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Photon440 said:
The first image ever sent from another planet, from the Soviet Venera 9 Lander on Venus in 1975. They had earlier successful landings but this was the first photo.
View attachment 1429395 With a planned life on the surface of only 30 minutes, the craft managed to survive the 90 atmosphere pressure and 457 degrees Celsius heat for 53 minutes before failing.

In 1982 their Venera 13 captured the first color picture of Venus, showing its yellow atmosphere.. This one lasted 127 minutes before being destroyed, the longest lived of the 9 different Soviet craft that actually landed on the surface (as opposed to burning up on entry or crashing due to parachute failure). These are the only successful missions to land on that planet, the last being in 1984.
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I don't think most people realize just how bad the surface conditions on Venus can be. Not only is it hot enough to melt lead, but a modern Nuclear Submarine sitting on the surface would be crushed by the atmospheric pressure.
 
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