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by npteljes 781 days ago
In case of most space photos, they are not what you would see with your eyes. Usually they capture data differently that how an eye would, and then visualize that. They sometimes strive for getting close to naked-eye perception, but usually it's not a goal.

On this Wiki page you can see multiple such images, and the process described:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_color#False_color