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[–] Sunlightl@fedia.io 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Slightly adjusted desktop background

Slightly adjusted desktop background of initial image. Jupiter over star field.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

I can practically hear the Cortex Command theme when it's portrayed like this

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 45 points 1 month ago

Jokes aside, damn thatssa a pretty planet

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 month ago

You're amazing

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 51 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider"

Kids say this to each other

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Thanks ! Never heard it before

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some of us went to Mars, to get candy bars.

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And I went to Venus, to get more...

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 1 month ago

fabulous !! you got more fabulous

[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks. The rhyme doesn't really make sense though, right? Or am I missing something?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

College rhymes with knowledge.

Stupider rhymes with Jupiter.

You know it's a rhyme, so you got that part.

It's an insult chant school girls use against boys. There's nothing more to it than that.

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[–] abfarid@startrek.website 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Isn't that artificially colored?

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Ya, but I rather think about it as an 'enhanced spectrum' image. The structures you see are all real and similarly coloured, it's just enhanced

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ahh, yes. Crank the saturation, crush the shadows, and blast the highlights.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jupiter's gonna have a bomb tinder profile now

[–] fayaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 points 1 month ago
[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Almost all gas giant images are

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

The famous Jupiter one isn't.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah. Neptune's a dull grey.

[–] lemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not quite. It's based on real wavelenths detected, but they might've been arificially assigned colours (although I think the images this is based on sort of correspond to human perception). But the colours are massively adjusted and contrast increased way past the point I would consider reasonable.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

These images are mindblowing. Bring me back down to Earth? Do you have a favorite image with reasonable coloring and contrast?

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There are jet winds circling around Jupiter westwards and ones that are circling the other way, which creates turbulence, and there are ginormous thunderstorms as well

[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

the storms, and different chemical/compositions im guessing.

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Mmnm I bet there's chocolate nugat and bipedal organisms in there

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This is a really good question. I suspect the color in the image has been enhanced. I've been trying to find a scientific reason that the clouds could appear blue, but haven't found anything conclusive.

However, I did find a NASA page with raw images of Jupiter.

Here's a raw image:

Here's an image that's been color-enhanced:

It's not uncommon for space images to be color-enhanced. On the one hand, it may feel less authentic. On the other hand, the visible light levels in space may be insufficient for our expectations and uses anyway. Although I don't know the origin of the picture at the top of this page, I know that it's common practice for space photos to be enhanced. In fact they're often taken in non-visible spectrums and fully converted to something humans can see and comprehend. Ever see detailed, colorful photos of galaxies? They were probably taken in X-ray and colorized in processing. Cool as it would be, you wouldn't see those colors in real life.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The junocam page has raw shots from the actual device: https://www.msss.com/all_projects/junocam.php

Caption of another:

Multiple images taken with the JunoCam instrument on three separate orbits were combined to show all areas in daylight, enhanced color, and stereographic projection.

In other words, the images you see are heavily processed composites...

Dare I say, "AI enhanced," as they sometimes do use ML algorithms for astronomy. Though ones designed for scientific usefulness, of course, and mostly for pattern identification in bulk data AFAIK.

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[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I believe the image is from one of the poles, rather than the side view we usually see.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't get it, do you mind explaining?

[–] kshade@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

It's a thing kids say to taunt each other, "girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter, to get more stupider".

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

...or vice versa, usually depending on the taunter's gender.

Also, see xkcd 1202 and 2771

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Now I've got a hankering for pamplemousse 😄

Ah, got it, thank you!

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago

Stary night vibes

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

That looks like a lot of storms

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Definitely flat too

[–] betahack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm no scientist, butt I believe that is an image of Jupiter's Uranus

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

I want to hang a picture of it in my house so when guests compliment me on it I can say "Oh you like it? Me too. It's a picture of Uranus"

[–] clot27@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Sexyy photo

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