Don P. Mitchell, a computer graphics guy, is
quite the spaceflight history enthusiast.
It's amazing how archaic these Soviet
Space Age gizmos look.
http://www.mentallandscape.com/V_Venus.htm
The Archaic Panoply of an Interplanetary Armada
The good part is when Don gets his mitts on old
Soviet photo transmission data and tarts it up
digitally to remove errors and add color.
Voila! Venus.
http://www.mentallandscape.com/V_DigitalImages.htm
