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Good post. The false color images make me fear that actual space will be disappointing for people to look at.
by krschultz 14y ago
Good post. The false color images make me fear that actual space will be disappointing for people to look at.
- habosa 14y agoFor some reason this small comment made me very sad. I'd hate to imagine that our human desire for sensationalism could make the sight of outer space bland to a desensitized public. I have the APOD set as my phone's background every morning and I am always astounded at the incredible array of colors and the degree of contrast. I never really thought that I was being fooled. It sucks that I really do think the non-false color image is boring, because that should be really exciting to someone who enjoys thinking about the universe like I do. Although I still think my mind would fucking explode if I ever got to go deep into space.
- fletchowns 14y agoOh calm down. You're not being fooled. These images are falsely colored for a reason. They really complement each other, not the other way around.
- alex_doom 14y agoIt's only because our eyes are not as evolved to see more of the color spectrum. Hurry up evolution!
- arc_of_descent 14y agoIts not about "as evolved" compared to "how" are eyes developed. The way are imaging system and the model in the brain works to "see" red will be quite different to an alien species. It sad, I will never actually really know what 440 Hz sounds like (concert pitch).