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Surface photos

How come the main article on Venus includes false-colour images reconstructed from radar data, but does not include actual images of the surface of Venus made by Venera landers? I'm talking specifically about images listed on Don P. Mitchell's website: http://mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm . Some of the images underwent complex processing by Mitchell and are copyrighted by him, as explained here: http://mentallandscape.com/Copyright.htm (although I think he may be persuaded to re-license these under a free license for use on Wikipedia). However, many of the images are original unprocessed Soviet data that are, I believe, in public domain. At least the Russian Wikipedia has approved the use of one of these images: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Файл:Венера-13_-_Цветное_фото_поверхности_Венеры.jpg . Someone smarter than me should clarify the legal status of the original Soviet images of Venus and add them to the article. --46.242.13.224 (talk) 23:22, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]