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Originally Posted by Fish
Here's a good explanation of how and why they enhance space pictures. It includes some neat interactive features that let you see some space pictures in different wavelengths and through different wavelength filters. Pretty cool:
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/behind...ning_of_color/ |
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Originally Posted by GloryDayz
Look maaaaaaan... The pictures are awesome, enhanced or not! They look cool, they get our minds wondering, and that's good for science and kids getting into science. And like all awesome pics, chances are they're touched-up in some way. From Playboy to Penthouse, to NASA, you don't want the complete naked truth (it has zits and shit, and needs implants prolly!!). Put an alien craft in there somewhere and I'll stare at it even longer!
So let them PhotoShop the horse-head nebula to enhance the gasses and dust, it amazes my simple mind!
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GloryDayz really hits upon why the pictures are enhanced: People want to go "Oooo, aaaah." when they see the pictures. Astronomers are no dummies. Their funding comes from tax dollars. If all they are gonna do is hand out black and white 1950s era type photos, the taxpaying public is gonna pull the plug on their pet project.