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by StavrosK 2902 days ago
Why aren't space photos real? For deep space photos, where we have to wait for individual photons, maybe they're false color, but many photos are taken by putting colored filters in front of the lens and then combining the exposures, so they are actually true color.
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I'm not saying they're fake - I am just saying people believe what they see. So a specific or general disclaimer of "the colors might not be accurate" would be cool, if it's the case for a specific photo.