Word: nepoklonov
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Dates: during 1975-1975
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...minutes on the torrid surface-three minutes longer than the last Russian lander. They radioed a flood of data, including the first photographic image of the hidden Venusian landscape-a jumble of large jagged rocks rather than the sandy desert expected by some experts. Said Project Scientist Boris Nepoklonov: "We thought there couldn't be rocks on Venus [because] they would all be annihilated by constant wind and temperature erosion, but here they are, with edges absolutely not blunted. This picture makes us reconsider all our concepts of Venus...
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