NASA goes 'artsy'

The latest image from Rosseta (actually Philae) is apparently 'art' as deemed by some poeple here:

The new "selfie" released by the European Space Agency is actually a composite of two images taken in quick succession but with different exposure times.

This allowed the very different contrast conditions to be balanced across the entire vista.


http://www.bbc.com …ence-environment-29620127


and yes my comment is tongue-in-cheek. Most space photos are manipulated and even film ones were sometimes exposed to specific wavelengths to different times (like a composite) or otherwise 'manipulated'.


Still I like the fact that NASA has the wherewithal to do composites like this, even if it is really just for public consumption since they could get the scientific information without it.

Cool stuff. Thanks for posting.

Did NASA post it on Instagram too?

ejenner wrote in post #17213402
Still I like the fact that NASA has the wherewithal to do composites like this, even if it is really just for public consumption since they could get the scientific information without it.

Well I wouldn't like to guess what NASA are doing, as these images are from the European Space Agency, so have nothing to do with NASA.

Alan

BigAl007 wrote in post #17215942
Well I wouldn't like to guess what NASA are doing, as these images are from the European Space Agency, so have nothing to do with NASA.

Alan

oops. Good call and bad on my part.

Especially as although I live in the US, I'm British, so should have spotted that! It even said the ESA in the quote, Doh!