Comment on Io in True Color

MetalSlugX@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Mac@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Indeed.

  This color mosaic uses the near-infrared, green and violet filters (slightly more than the visible range) of the spacecraft’s camera and approximates what the human eye would see.

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  • bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It world also appear much darker.

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    • porcoesphino@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I didn’t think about that. It almost looks metallic, or like the shading you see with 3d modelling software

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• sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The source claims that enhanced is this one: …nasa.gov/…/global-image-of-io-false-color/

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