Io in True Color

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• tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This episode of Our Solar System is brought to you by Sac Dep Spa.

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• edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s no moon, it’s a space station spherical potato

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• MetalSlugX@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not true color. This is an “enhanced” photo.

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  • 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.

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    • bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It world also appear much darker.

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  • sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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• porcoesphino@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This seems to be the source:

  …nasa.gov/…/global-image-of-io-true-color/

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  • 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.

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    • 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

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• zwiebeltee@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It looks like a perfectly sphered space potato.

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• Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That petri dish is going to need a thorough cleaning.

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• Caesium@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  man io is my favorite I love it

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• FundMECFS@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io\_(moon)?wprov=sfti1

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