Thank you. It's criminal that that's not mentioned in the caption to the photogr...

edgarvaldes · on June 30, 2016

That detail is only exposed when you click in the image on the right.

throwaway_xx9 · on June 30, 2016

> It's criminal that that's not mentioned in the caption to the photograph

Well ... all satellite images are taken with sensors tuned for a specific frequency range, so essentially B+W, then false-colored for human display.

Unless an astronaut with a Hasselblad is pointing the lens out to space, you won't get the normal exposure that you're thinking of.