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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                    2025 May 11   
          A black & white image shows an empty flat landscape filled with   
      flattened rocks. At the bottom is part of the spacecraft that captured   
        this image of the planet Venus. Please see the explanation for more   
                               detailed information.   
      
                        The Surface of Venus from Venera 14   
          Image Credit: Soviet Planetary Exploration Program, Venera 14;   
       Processing & Copyright: Donald Mitchell & Michael Carroll (used with   
                                    permission)   
      
      Explanation: If you could stand on Venus -- what would you see?   
      Pictured is the view from Venera 14, a robotic Soviet lander which   
      parachuted and air-braked down through the thick Venusian atmosphere in   
      March of 1982. The desolate landscape it saw included flat rocks, vast   
      empty terrain, and a featureless sky above Phoebe Regio near Venus'   
      equator. On the lower left is the spacecraft's penetrometer used to   
      make scientific measurements, while the light piece on the right is   
      part of an ejected lens-cap. Enduring temperatures near 450 degrees   
      Celsius and pressures 75 times that on Earth, the hardened Venera   
      spacecraft lasted only about an hour. Although data from Venera 14 was   
      beamed across the inner Solar System over 40 years ago, digital   
      processing and merging of Venera's unusual images continues even today.   
      Recent analyses of infrared measurements taken by ESA's orbiting Venus   
      Express spacecraft indicate that active volcanoes may currently exist   
      on Venus.   
      
                      Jigsaw Fun: Astronomy Puzzle of the Day   
                      Tomorrow's picture: Milky Way side view   
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