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The Meaning of Color in Hubble Images
hubblesite.org — Taking color pictures with the Hubble Space Telescope is much more complex than taking color pictures with a traditional camera. For one thing, Hubble doesn't use color film — in fact, it doesn't use film at all. Rather, its cameras record light from the universe with special electronic detectors. These detectors produce images of the cosmos not in
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- joerite, on 07/17/2008, -1/+5They also shop out evidence of alien life!
- sc0rpi0n, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Wow you must have an excellent 20^50/20^50 eyesight, seeing those aliens waving "hi!" at you.
- shearyadi, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2Awesome! Would love to see an alien waving at us :)
- ScottMcIntyre, on 07/18/2008, -0/+0these are amazing images taken in space. It is incredible to think that these perfect photographs are being beamed back from millions of miles away- humankind is capable of such much- when we put our minds to it.
- Babblin5, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2It's crazy to think of all the stuff out there that makes our planet seem but an atom in comparison... (sorry, i just had a flashback)
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