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For anyone skipping the article - This is actually a composite image and not a single photo.

• jessriedel 8y ago
  Its not a composite photo either. It's a fully artificial visualization based on real topographical and composition data. EDIT: nope, I was wrong, it's actually based on a real satellite photo that was then stretched to give the illusion of a perspective from low altitude: https://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/12/Plan_view_of_Korolev_crater https://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/12/Plan_view_o...
  • jonknee 8y ago
    > artificial visualization based on real topographical and composition data Yes, that's what they mean by a composite.
    • jessriedel 8y ago
      "Composite photo" means "multiple photos combined together" not "artificial picture generated from information on chemical composition".
      • jonknee 8y ago
        They used topographic data and visual imaging to create the "composite" image, that's accurately described as a composite in my book. Similar to zooming around a city in Google Earth. Here's the top down view (still quite spectacular!): http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/12/Plan_view_of_Korolev_crater http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/12/Plan_view_of...