than a single object that had moved between two places, they are simply two inanimate similar-looking objects in different places. The other "objects" are ascribed to image processing artifacts and do not appear in the original photography. The editors of Solar System Research published an editorial comment and a number of commentary articles from other scientists in their September 2012 publication of Issue 5, Volume 46 of the journal. That issue also includes a second article from Ksanfomaliti, in which he claims to identify several other life forms and speculates regarding the apparent rich diversity of life around the landing site. These claims have been refuted by the Live Science website. Post encounter The spacecraft bus ended up in a heliocentric orbit where it continued to make observations in the X-ray and gamma ray spectrum. To provide data for the later Vega mission the bus activated its engine on the 10 June 1982. The last data published for the probe is from 12 April 1983. In fiction The Venera 13 lander appears in the short film Horses on Mars (2001) with a message to the main character who is a microbe lost on Venus. The Venera lander appears in the book Contact (Sagan, 1985). See also List of missions to Venus References External links Soviet Venus Images Venera: The Soviet Exploration of Venus On Ksanfomality's Venus Life Result Venera program Derelict landers (spacecraft) Spacecraft launched in 1981 1981 in the Soviet Union