That’s no moon, it’s a space station spherical potato
Io in True Color
Submitted 2 days ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to astronomy@mander.xyz
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2601/iotruecolor_galileo_2796.jpg
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edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 days ago
MetalSlugX@piefed.social 2 days ago
Not true color. This is an “enhanced” photo.
Mac@mander.xyz 2 days 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.
sukhmel@programming.dev 2 days ago
The source claims that enhanced is this one: …nasa.gov/…/global-image-of-io-false-color/
porcoesphino@mander.xyz 2 days ago
This seems to be the source:
baguette@piefed.social 2 days ago
My opinion is that images from NASA, ESA etc should always link to the source. They always include interesting information about what is in the image. It is also nice if I don’t need to search the database for ages.
porcoesphino@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Yeah… I kind of wish it was a request of the channel. I’ve found a few of the sources now and it’s mostly on this channel people seem to post other people’s images with no references
zwiebeltee@feddit.org 2 days ago
It looks like a perfectly sphered space potato.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That petri dish is going to need a thorough cleaning.
Caesium@lemmy.world 2 days ago
man io is my favorite I love it
tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social 9 hours ago
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