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Corey S Powell
Corey S Powell
@coreyspowell@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

It's frustrating to see huge accounts spreading AI slop space images when real, amazing images are easily accessible.

Left: fake.
Right: real image from the Akatsuki probe, showing Venus's clouds backlit by infrared from its overheated lower atmosphere.

https://akatsuki.isas.jaxa.jp/en/gallery/data/ #space #science #art

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AI slop pretending to be an image of Venus. Don't even get me started.
AI slop pretending to be an image of Venus. Don't even get me started.
AI slop pretending to be an image of Venus. Don't even get me started.
Venus observed by the Akatsuki probe. A synthesized false color image of Venus using 1.735-µm and 2.26-µm images taken by IR2 camera. Images are colorized as follows: 1.735 µm → red; 2.26 µm → blue; average of both → green. At 1.735 µm, dayside brightness is strong and considerable amounts of light are running into the nightside. This is why the border between dayside and nightside looks orangeish in color. The slight color variations on the nightside are believed to indicate the difference in size of cloud particles. © PLANET-C Project Team
Venus observed by the Akatsuki probe. A synthesized false color image of Venus using 1.735-µm and 2.26-µm images taken by IR2 camera. Images are colorized as follows: 1.735 µm → red; 2.26 µm → blue; average of both → green. At 1.735 µm, dayside brightness is strong and considerable amounts of light are running into the nightside. This is why the border between dayside and nightside looks orangeish in color. The slight color variations on the nightside are believed to indicate the difference in size of cloud particles. © PLANET-C Project Team
Venus observed by the Akatsuki probe. A synthesized false color image of Venus using 1.735-µm and 2.26-µm images taken by IR2 camera. Images are colorized as follows: 1.735 µm → red; 2.26 µm → blue; average of both → green. At 1.735 µm, dayside brightness is strong and considerable amounts of light are running into the nightside. This is why the border between dayside and nightside looks orangeish in color. The slight color variations on the nightside are believed to indicate the difference in size of cloud particles. © PLANET-C Project Team
Venus Climate Orbiter AKATSUKI

Image / Data | Gallery | Venus Climate Orbiter AKATSUKI

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Corey S Powell
Corey S Powell
@coreyspowell@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

Japan's under-appreciated Akatsuki Venus probe has greatly expanded our understanding of Earth's strange, wayward twin. 450 degrees C and 90 atmospheres of pressure on the ground...superrotating winds above.

Context and images here:

https://www.planetary.org/articles/0116-a-new-look-at-venus-with-akatsuki #astronomy #space #science #nature

Venus in infrared from Akatsuki: cloud wave. This view of Venus was acquired by the Japanese Akatsuki spacecraft's IR2 camera, which observes—among other things—the "warmth" of the planet's atmosphere on its nocturnal side.Image: JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic
Venus in infrared from Akatsuki: cloud wave. This view of Venus was acquired by the Japanese Akatsuki spacecraft's IR2 camera, which observes—among other things—the "warmth" of the planet's atmosphere on its nocturnal side.Image: JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic
Venus in infrared from Akatsuki: cloud wave. This view of Venus was acquired by the Japanese Akatsuki spacecraft's IR2 camera, which observes—among other things—the "warmth" of the planet's atmosphere on its nocturnal side.Image: JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic
The Planetary Society

A new look at Venus with Akatsuki

Amateur image processor Damia Bouic shares a plethora of stunning new images of Venus captured by a Japanese spacecraft.
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