Process on an image processed by Gerald - Enhancement of colors

📸 NASA/JPL/SWRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Thomas Thomopoulos

  • Fuck spez@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    I mean, aren’t most images from orbiters and space telescopes heavily processed before the public ever sees them?

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
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      5 days ago

      Of course, what they call “camera” might be a high-res spectrometer, plus there may be stacking, tiling, digital optics correction etc. However, the camera did capture a visible-light picture so it has a “natural” interpretation (you can convert it into a “human POV”) and this is not that. It probably does not even convey extra information (such as exact wavelengths our cones cannot distinguish) so it’s akin to just using a solarization filter on a normal color CMOS camera photo.