Real Images From Venus: What We Actually Saw There

Venus has long remained an enigmatic sister planet to Earth— seemingly similar in size, yet covered in clouds of sulfuric acid that betray the volatile world lurking beneath. While Mars, Jupiter, and even far-flung Pluto have opened their secrets to robotic spacecraft from Earth, Venus remains the least explored of our planetary neighbors. Often termed Earth's "evil twin,” Venus hosts crushing atmospheric pressures, scorching temperatures that could melt lead, and skies filled perpetually with dense clouds that don’t even let a ray of sunlight touch the surface. This combination creates a planet so hostile that it has destroyed every probe sent to explore its surface; some lasted mere minutes before surrendering to the planet’s wrath.

So, what views did we see beneath the thick cloud cover shrouding the planet? What do they tell us about the past of the Earth’s evil twin? Finally, and most importantly, what secrets will the upcoming Indian, American, and European missions to Venus reveal?

Created By: Rishabh Nakra
Written By: Simran Buttar
Narrated By: Brian Pederson

[mRibbons]

When we aren't trying to kill each other and the planet, mankind has accomplished some truly incredible achievements.

[mathisnotforthefaintofheart]

The Soviets really did some remarkable space exploration when it comes to Venus

[martussfrank]

Mate here is a tip. A lot of the time I couldn't tell what were legitimate imges of Venus and what were dress up pics. Your video is over edited. Interesting topic subject which drew my attention, but if you put venus images in your title, stick to actual images only. But other than that, good work.

[youngminds]

Going from Earth’s Sister Planet to Earth’s Evil Twin is wild! 💀😂

[tjlastname]

I really wish we could get orbital probes to Uranus and Neptune. Venus is cool, but I find those ice moons more interesting.

[jdwilmoth]

I went to Venus a couple of times back in my younger days when I was doing acid

[amybean]

Why didn’t I learn about any of this in school in the USA? So much of my time in secondary school (1977-1984) was wasted. I knew that at the time, as well. Sad. Thank goodness for the resources available to me now, including channels like this.

[danielwebster]

The first probe that touched down on Venus lasted 12 minutes before collapsing under the immense pressure and super high temperature. The next one lasted just under an hour unlock Mercury that gets 750 ° on the daytime side and -300 on the night side Venus hovers around 880 2900 degrees night or day Venus revolves very slowly as its day is longer than its year.

[darkguardian]

I remember scientists in the 1950s theorizing Venus being an ocean of carbonated water and even a swampy environment.
Scientists in the very early days With the Mariner Flyby didn’t think cameras results justified their weight.
They were all about the data and chemical compositions.

[noneofyourbizness]

colour pics of Venus in 1982...didn't tell us that on the news in my country. in fact i only discovered it thru youtube few years ago !

[tmeconw]

Did he just tacitly say that Pluto is still a planet? Go you go boy!

[Michael-itgb]

Clever to put an ad right before playing sound recording of Venus.

[markdavid]

The "killer issue" with Venus landers is the 460C surface temp. It's hotter outside the lander than is insider.

[patrowan]

What amazes me as much as the missions themselves, is that I was alive to see each of them. Before Mariner 2, I remember not knowing whether Venus was a desert world beneath the clouds, or covered in lush jungles.

[billbombshiggy]

Don't you just love all these geniuses in the comment section? Im glad they're here instead of out there working for space x or NASA.

[Fido-vmzi]

Wow, transmitting all that data back to Earth way back then

[Perspectivemapper]

Always nice to see the broadening of our knowledge through missions to other planets.

[johnrains]

The nessage we will get from exploring Venus is "STAY HOME."

[roscioocasio]

Truly a fascinating video! Hats off to the Russian and American Spacecraft Engineers for their probe design efforts in their attempts to gather as much information about Venus as possible. Thank you SOU for this video. Blessings! 🙏🙏🙏❤💐

[straycats]

Pressure on the surface of Venus is equivalent to the pressure experienced at an ocean depth of about 3000 feet here on Earth.