• Specal@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Yes but no, the Black hole photograph was more of an interpretation of data. Pictures like this are actual photographs.

    • BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com
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      10 months ago

      Photographs are interpretations of data. That one was made with a composite image from a telescope the size of the planet, with an exposure time of an entire year.

      I swear people think cameras are magic or something.

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        10 months ago

        Everything is an interpretation. The concept of color doesn’t even exist outside of our brains.