That petri dish is going to need a thorough cleaning.
It looks like a perfectly sphered space potato.
That’s no moon, it’s a
space stationspherical potatoThis seems to be the source:
https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/global-image-of-io-true-color/
Thanks! My opinion is that images from NASA, ESA etc should always link to the source. They always include interesting information about what is in the image. It is also nice if I don’t need to search the database for ages.
Yeah… I kind of wish it was a request of the channel. I’ve found a few of the sources now and it’s mostly on this channel people seem to post other people’s images with no references
I guess OP found this in yesterday’s ‘Astronomy Picture of the Day’, which includes the link you sent. Would’ve cost a second to include it in the post.
I wonder what we can do to help motivate including links to sources
I messaged the moderator asking if we could update the channel description but haven’t heard back
Not true color. This is an “enhanced” photo.
The source claims that enhanced is this one: https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/global-image-of-io-false-color/
Indeed.
This color mosaic uses the near-infrared, green and violet filters (slightly more than the visible range) of the spacecraft’s camera and approximates what the human eye would see.
It world also appear much darker.
I didn’t think about that. It almost looks metallic, or like the shading you see with 3d modelling software
man io is my favorite I love it
