pro_grammer to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 8 months agoThis is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.imagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1325arrow-down1imageThis is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.pro_grammer to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square64fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarezaphod@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoThey basically remap wavelengths, so yes, absolutely those would be representative of real features, either in the atmosphere or on the ground. That said, absolutely, sometimes there’s a bit of artistic license in how the wavelengths are mapped. Edit: the space.com article on the image describes some of the physical features depicted: https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-saturn-moon-titan
They basically remap wavelengths, so yes, absolutely those would be representative of real features, either in the atmosphere or on the ground.
That said, absolutely, sometimes there’s a bit of artistic license in how the wavelengths are mapped.
Edit: the space.com article on the image describes some of the physical features depicted:
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-saturn-moon-titan