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False Color

A method of representing data where colors are assigned to specific ranges of values, often used in astronomical imaging to visualize wavelengths outside the visible spectrum.

Source: earthobservatory.nasa.gov

APODs including "False Color"

The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

06/05/2025

Seeing Titan

Seeing Titan

31/03/2023

Our Increasingly Active Sun

Our Increasingly Active Sun

22/02/2023

Herschel Crater on Mimas

Herschel Crater on Mimas

13/08/2022

The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

16/04/2021

Enceladus in Infrared

Enceladus in Infrared

24/09/2020

Seeing Titan

Seeing Titan

20/08/2020

A Long Storm System on Saturn

A Long Storm System on Saturn

15/09/2019

Spitzer's Orion

Spitzer's Orion

31/08/2019

Perseverance Valley Panorama

Perseverance Valley Panorama

14/03/2019

Ultraviolet Earth from an Observatory on the Moon

Ultraviolet Earth from an Observatory on the Moon

28/10/2018

Seeing Titan

Seeing Titan

18/08/2018