Michael Benson's planetary upscaling

Pimpsy G. · 10-06-2012

Here is an amazing gallery just released by Michael Benson, that specializes in upscaling and enhancing nasa's photos to make them look visually stunning, if anyone is interested.

LINK: beyond the unknown

http://www.themorningnews.org/images/made/images/beyond_the_known/11_890_890.jpg (Unsupported image host)

Blueh · 10-06-2012

Conclusion: The moon is made out of cheese.

Pimpsy G. · 10-06-2012

Posted by Blueh

Conclusion: The moon is made out of cheese.

Lol, this is the Galilean moom "Lo" that orbits Jupiter. Not sure why its yellow, never looked into it... That could be a possibility XD?

Another one of Enceladus that is not in the gallery [warning ultra HD]: http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/09/07/enceladus_plumes_10-a38e2bffd08fd2c7f475f4f99e100877ce8dbc07.jpg (Unsupported image host)

Dusty · 10-06-2012

It's "Io", or "io" lowercase, not "Lo"

It's the most geologically active object in the Solar System, even more so than Earth. The blue stuff you see coming out from the planet are actually massive plumes from volcanoes. It's yellow because of all the sulfur, however the guy who "upscaled" it seems to have cranked up the contrast and made the colors much more vibrant.

The second one looks like Europa, another moon of Jupiter. But I'm not entirely sure.

One thing you guys should know is that NASA(which tends to be the guys who obtains these images) value data over visuals. The colors in their images tend to not reflect visual spectrum and instead are colors assigned to the various spectra of data obtained. So while these planet/moon images may be somewhat reflective of what we'd actually see looking at them many things like the Nebulae and deep space images tend to not really reflect what we'd see looking out into space(and in fact most of it is invisible to our eyes).

Pimpsy G. · 10-06-2012

Posted by Dusty

It's "Io", or "io" lowercase, not "Lo"

It's the most geologically active object in the Solar System, even more so than Earth. The blue stuff you see coming out from the planet are actually massive plumes from volcanoes. It's yellow because of all the sulfur, however the guy who "upscaled" it seems to have cranked up the contrast and made the colors much more vibrant.

I hate arial font. A lowercase "L" Looks exactly like a capitol "I". It can get confusing sometimes. Thats interesting though, thanks for the clarification!

Sup3rn00b · 10-06-2012

first pic looks like a very round potato, and someone was drawing stuff on Lo

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Pimpsy G. Professional Burger Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: McDonalds Posts: 2,564	Michael Benson's Planetfall Here is an amazing gallery just released by Michael Benson, that specializes in upscaling and enhancing nasa's photos to make them look visually stunning, if anyone is interested. *LINK:* beyond the unknown http://www.themorningnews.org/images/made/images/beyond_the_known/11_890_890.jpg (Unsupported image host)

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Blueh The Orator Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Yes Posts: 3,307	Conclusion: The moon is made out of cheese.

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Dusty Should be fixed. Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 6,359	It's "Io", or "io" lowercase, not "Lo" It's the most geologically active object in the Solar System, even more so than Earth. The blue stuff you see coming out from the planet are actually massive plumes from volcanoes. It's yellow because of all the sulfur, however the guy who "upscaled" it seems to have cranked up the contrast and made the colors much more vibrant. The second one looks like Europa, another moon of Jupiter. But I'm not entirely sure. One thing you guys should know is that NASA(which tends to be the guys who obtains these images) value data over visuals. The colors in their images tend to not reflect visual spectrum and instead are colors assigned to the various spectra of data obtained. So while these planet/moon images may be somewhat reflective of what we'd actually see looking at them many things like the Nebulae and deep space images tend to not really reflect what we'd see looking out into space(and in fact most of it is invisible to our eyes).

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Sup3rn00b Unpopular Join Date: May 2012 Location: ಠ_ಠ Posts: 2,648	first pic looks like a very round potato, and someone was drawing stuff on Lo