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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:11:43 -0500, Cryptoengineer wrote:   
      
   > The 1968 anthology 'Farewell Fantastic Venus!" was a nostalgic   
   > adieu to old Venus, put together after the first atmospheric   
   > probes showed the reality.   
      
   Mars and Venus both suffered from this. Remember that, up until the   
   Mariner probes comprehensively debunked the idea, there were those who   
   still believed the Martian “canals” were real.   
      
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