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[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

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 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours 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.

[-] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

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

[-] Sunlightl@fedia.io 63 points 1 day ago

Slightly adjusted desktop background

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

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

[-] clot27@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Sexyy photo

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 23 hours ago

It used to be called Christianpiter.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 45 points 1 day ago

Jokes aside, damn thatssa a pretty planet

[-] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago
[-] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 50 points 1 day ago

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

Kids say this to each other

[-] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

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

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours 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.

[-] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Thanks ! Never heard it before

[-] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

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

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

[-] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago
[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 1 day ago

fabulous !! you got more fabulous

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[-] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago
[-] flango@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 19 hours ago

You're amazing

[-] meliaesc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[-] abfarid@startrek.website 16 points 1 day ago

Isn't that artificially colored?

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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 17 points 1 day ago

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

[-] blarghly@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Jupiter's gonna have a bomb tinder profile now

[-] fayaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago
[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 27 points 1 day ago

Almost all gas giant images are

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah. Neptune's a dull grey.

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[-] lemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

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 day ago

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

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

That looks like a lot of storms

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago

Stary night vibes

[-] betahack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours 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"

[-] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 14 points 1 day ago
[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

the storms, and different chemical/compositions im guessing.

[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

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

[-] kshade@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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 day ago

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

Also, see xkcd 1202 and 2771

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Ah, got it, thank you!

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

What does that... mean? Is it a jab about college attendance demographics skewing towards women?

[-] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 23 hours ago

Kids don't know about college demographics. It's a dumb thing kids say to tease each other. Like 7 year old kids. It just means boys are stupid.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Yeah one of the ~~Moody blues~~ someone posted with the girls playing jump rope made it click

EDIT oops I meant "comic." I got distracted by the Moody Blues playing on the radio.

[-] Wolf@lemmy.today 2 points 19 hours ago

The thought of elementary school girls clowning on boys by pointing out college attendance demographics is precious though.

[-] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

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

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