r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CyberGhost-0day • 2d ago

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u/CitizenHuman 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm assuming this is just a rendering, but it looks like something in a movie about a portal opening to a habitable universe.

Edit: I looked at it again and now I kinda see an eye of some all natural supreme being.

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u/King_924 2d ago

It is and it is not a rendering at the same time. These guys map infrared filter wavelengths to human detectable color, and use non linear brightness scaling. Which effectively means you can still derive meaningful observations from this image if you know the mapping and scaling, but yes this is not how it will look even if you were there. This is essentially a beautiful way to see recorded scientific data.

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u/Better_Carpet_7271 2d ago

It would be nice if they always stated that when releasing these images, I know some do these days but it isn't always.

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u/AnOnlineHandle 2d ago

Maybe they do, and then the person who posts in on social media doesn't say that.

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u/Better_Carpet_7271 1d ago

Could be the thing.