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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"
Mars: The View from HiRISE
10/04/2006
Saturn's Hyperion: A Moon with Odd Craters
03/10/2005
The Heart and Soul Nebulas
10/08/2005
In the Center of the Trapezium
10/07/2005
The Radio Sky: Tuned to 408MHz
05/02/2005
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
23/01/2005
Glimpse of a Globular Star Cluster
14/10/2004
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
11/01/2004
Neptune and Triton from Palomar
20/10/2003
A Note on the Perseus Cluster
12/09/2003
At the Edge of the Sun
07/07/2003
In the Center of the Trapezium
02/03/2003
Dark Matter, X-rays, and NGC 720
26/10/2002
X-Ray Rainbows
28/09/2002
Voyager Views Titan's Haze
05/09/2002
EUVE Sky Map
31/01/2002
Saturn Aurora
23/12/2001
The Radio Sky: Tuned to 408MHz
20/10/2001
X-Rays from the Galactic Plane
14/08/2001
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
05/08/2001
X-Ray Rainbows
11/05/2001
GRB010222: Gamma-Ray Burst, X-Ray Afterglow
13/04/2001
The UV SMC from UIT
24/03/2001
A Sky Full Of Hydrogen
13/01/2001
SN 1006: Pieces of the Cosmic Ray Puzzle
02/12/2000
Saturnian Aurora
17/09/2000
X-Ray Moon and X-Ray Star
09/09/2000
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
30/07/2000
Ultraviolet Earth from the Moon
01/07/2000
Active Regions, CMEs, and X-Class Flares
08/06/2000