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[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Aloofi:
Wait a minute, they say that the picture is colored!!!
What the heck that means? that it isn't real?

The picture is colorized because the Mars Global Surveyor camera is black and white only. They say that they used actual color photos of Earth and Jupiter to sample the colors, though.

And I think the camera does have some magnification, so no you would not see earth (or Jupiter) like that with the naked eye if you were there.

[Phoenix-D]

"Wait a minute, they say that the picture is colored!!!
What the heck that means? that it isn't real?"

Hint: most scientific results you find for public view have been massaged in one way or another. The difference is whether they tell you or not.

This is a harmless case of that. Its actually two black and white pictures layered together; in the actual earth image, Jupiter would be too faint to see (not enough exposure time)

[Erax]

The following info (taken from a local popular science magazine) has some relation to this thread's topic :

"Last year, a discreet star known as V838 Monocerotis suddenly became brighter. In a matter of months, it was emitting 600,000 times more light than our Sun and became the Milky Way's brightest star. It became visible from Earth with the help of a pair of binoculars, even though it is 19,500 light-years away. As it came, it went. It grew gradually darker until, now, it would take a powerful telescope and excellent eyesight to see it. University of Arizona researchers declared that they cannot simulate the star's behavior using current astrophysical theory."

Did anyone think, "Stellar Nucleonic Torpedo" ?

[oleg]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
"Wait a minute, they say that the picture is colored!!!
What the heck that means? that it isn't real?"

Hint: most scientific results you find for public view have been massaged in one way or another. The difference is whether they tell you or not.

This is a harmless case of that. Its actually two black and white pictures layered together; in the actual earth image, Jupiter would be too faint to see (not enough exposure time)

Spin doctors. As good as Mr. Blair trusted lieutenants

[oleg]

Originally posted by Chief Engineer Erax:
The following info (taken from a local popular science magazine) has some relation to this thread's topic :

"Last year, a discreet star known as V838 Monocerotis suddenly became brighter. In a matter of months, it was emitting 600,000 times more light than our Sun and became the Milky Way's brightest star. It became visible from Earth with the help of a pair of binoculars, even though it is 19,500 light-years away. As it came, it went. It grew gradually darker until, now, it would take a powerful telescope and excellent eyesight to see it. University of Arizona researchers declared that they cannot simulate the star's behavior using current astrophysical theory."

Did anyone think, "Stellar Nucleonic Torpedo" ?

No. I think they will come with a better theory soon. Untill a next explosion. That's it.