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Anomalies in video transmissions from Venera-13 are probably not life forms

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Some anomalies in the video images from Venera-13 are explained as possible artifacts of the telemetry system. One anomaly may be a shadow caused by a change in the distribution of illumination.

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  1. Don P. Mitchell
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Published in Russian in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2012, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 412–414.

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Mitchell, D.P. Anomalies in video transmissions from Venera-13 are probably not life forms. Sol Syst Res 46, 382–384 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094612050036

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