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This is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. (programming.dev)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In infrared. Titan basically looks like a brownish grey blob to the naked eye due to its incredibly dense atmosphere.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Knowing it's just color shifted makes me wonder if that white band in the upper right that looks like a reflection off the atmosphere is actually a reflection off the atmosphere. And also what method of color shifting was used. Are the colors representative of anything or did they just pick what made for the best photo?