Comments on: Venus

Venus

homunculus — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:10:49 -0800

Reprocessed images from the Soviet exploration of Venus.

By: keswick

keswick — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:40:02 -0800

I saw these via a link in a comment on Slashdot, and they're very impressive. I didn't know the Soviets managed to land anything that survived (albeit briefly) on that hellhole. This is a nice image site too. particularly the one manipulated to have the correct perspective.

By: ajr

ajr — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:04:52 -0800

Excellent post. Thanks.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:34:04 -0800

Venus Express

By: moonbird

moonbird — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:22:59 -0800

Very very cool. With all the well deserved the red planet hooplah recently, it's very nice to see pics from this even more difficult (in terms of landing and functionality) effort.

By: thijsk

thijsk — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:34:15 -0800

Reprocessing the original data using modern software is a great idea - if you can get the original data. I'm surprised he managed to get his hands on the numbers. Excellent post indeed!

By: adamsc

adamsc — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:59:59 -0800

This is further support for the argument that you should generally store as much raw (=non-lossy) data as possible because future processing power is likely to afford what seems miraculous now. It's not even possible to predict what might be useful then - I seem to recall a few cases where what seemed like unimportant measurements came in handy for people trying to establish baselines or find evidence for past astronomical events.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:10:09 -0800

Very nice -- thanks.

By: Mars Saxman

Mars Saxman — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:41:32 -0800

Nice. I remember reading about the Soviet landers when I was a kid, but was never able to get copies of their photos.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:25:42 -0800

great post (as usual), homunculus.