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Why Russian Space Images Look Different From NASA's

Posted by samzenpus on from the behind-the-iron-filter dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Russians have published two amazing photos of Earth using their new Elektro-L satellite, in 30,000km high orbit around the equator. The quality is stunning, and they look quite different from NASA's Earth images. But why are they different? And are they better than NASA's?"

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  1. They are just different visualizations of reality by screamphilling · · Score: 5, Funny

    "the Russian images are not better or worse than their images. They are just different visualizations of reality based on different data sets" and this sums up nearly everything ever.

  2. If you fool me once, then fool me again.... by Cameleopard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Curses! You tricked me into visiting Gizmodo. I will tolerate no more of your cretinous games!