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    6 days ago

    For those interested, OPs picture is taken by the Venera 14 lander in March 1982 from the surface of Venus.

    Venera were a series of Soviet craft which attempted and succeeded at landing on the surface of Venus and taking a few picture before the 900°F temps and insane atmospheric pressures crushed them uWu

    Don P Mitchell, a US-based researcher, has re-processed the original panoramic pictures into clear and undistorted shots like the one posted by OP.

    You can learn more here: