Why Russian Space Images Look Different From NASA's

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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So they are blaming the russians for false color?

[slasher15]

They blame the russians for publishing false color images of the earth? NASA does that all the time Look at that blog for detailed examination of NASA tactics