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- TobiasParker, on 09/23/2009, -0/+41Many pictures of space are from cameras that take pictures from outside the visual spectrum of light.
- Marlorn, on 09/23/2009, -1/+35Cheese, Gromit!
- RealmDown, on 09/23/2009, -1/+29CHEESE! I *knew* it ......
- AdmiralAcbar, on 09/23/2009, -2/+29Just out of sheer curiosity, why is getting accurate colour in pictures of space such a difficult task?
- Gr00ver, on 09/23/2009, -3/+22That's no moon.. wait, never mind. It's a moon.
- digitalArtform, on 09/23/2009, -0/+9Because less commonly is a true color photo the intended goal of the camera and mission.
- iheartbakon, on 09/23/2009, -1/+8They keep forgetting to put a planet-illuminating flash on the damn cameras.
- emecks, on 09/23/2009, -1/+8Pineapple in orbit.
- tomcat4u, on 09/23/2009, -1/+8Sulfer. Probably smells like an old festering ball of eggs.
- TobiasParker, on 09/23/2009, -0/+5Yea like when they have those blue pictures of the sun. The sun was never blue (though some are), it is just UV light. Picture the cameras having a predator-like lens over them that picks up on many different wavelengths. For scientists visible light just isn't that interesting and tends to get washed out in the vastness of the cosmos.
- sladek, on 09/23/2009, -0/+51000 internets for you, sir
- tnvwboy, on 09/23/2009, -1/+6Yes and no. They are composites of multiple gray scale images (think Photoshop Channels). However not all of those images are visible light or are using the correct color for it's place in the spectrum. Those responsible for the images will shift infrared down and ultraviolet up into our human visible spectrum.
So palehorse864 isn't wrong either. If we were able to fly out and see these images first hand and up close they would not look like the images we get from Hubble or Spitzer. - CaffieneMan, on 09/23/2009, -0/+5the guy holding the color camera keeps passing out from lack of oxygen
- ziplizard, on 09/23/2009, -0/+4Spongebob IN SPACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- AdmiralAcbar, on 09/23/2009, -0/+4Oh. Cool :)
- palehorse864, on 09/23/2009, -2/+6I love true color space pictures. There are a ton of great pictures out there that interest me, things like nebulae, which I believe are kind of like space dust. Later though, I find out that all that dust is artificially colored... sort of like Cheetos.
- PlatinumKush, on 09/23/2009, -0/+3its a massive source of dilithium, star trek fans rejoice!
- funkedup, on 09/23/2009, -0/+3Io is not only yellow, but a whole array of colors. If one could theoretically visit it, Io would be the most psychedelic place in the solar system. This is a result of its incredible volcanic activity and the resulting effects.
http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~idh/apod/image/io ... - staffa, on 09/23/2009, -0/+3You might want to go see a doctor about that.
- Atario, on 09/24/2009, -0/+2More to the point, visible light is an extremely narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum. There's only so much information in there, and lots more to be had elsewhere.
- geodebug, on 09/24/2009, -0/+2Hmm, maybe y'all are too young for that Sean Connery classic...which took place on IO
- twiztidsinz, on 09/23/2009, -0/+2Oh look! They have RSS!! http://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss Now you can be notified when new pics are published just like all the people who submit them to digg!!!
- j3rm1981, on 09/23/2009, -0/+2Far too many people don't get that reference.
- digitalArtform, on 09/23/2009, -0/+2Notice Io waited until Pluto wasn't a planet any more to show its true colors. That *****.
- breadfred, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1Its called brie. And, if the spare ribs came with sweet and sour sauce; Yes, I would it. All. In one sitting.
- optimusprimee, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1with a nice Tall glass oF BUDDWEISAHH!!
- optimusprimee, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1looks like Bree cheese!
but.. if the moon was made of Spare ribs.. WOULD YAH EAT IT? - tange1, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1Does a bear ***** in the woods? - of course I would.
- cx0der, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1Giant potato!
- Akairenn, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1Are you sure he didn't mean Bree?
Little known fact, not only does Bree have the best weed in the Southfarthing, they also make a damned good cheddar. :p - AlienMushroom, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1A planet full of *****.
- preppypoof, on 09/23/2009, -2/+3it's not "artificially colored". it's true that nearly all (if not 100%) of pictures in space are taken in grayscale; this is because it is much slower to send true color pics across the vastness of space. However, the colors you see there are true representations of what a color camera would take; it's not like they are an "artist's interpretation" or something.
- HakonD, on 09/24/2009, -0/+1Color is just the spectrum of visible light that we humans happen to be able to interpret.
/obvious - nydwarf, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1Io is made out of spinach dip!
- inactive, on 09/24/2009, -0/+1I got ya back and know what yer talkin about, heh kids!
- j3rm1981, on 09/25/2009, -0/+1Thank you. Hate is a strong word. They have their place, I suppose. But more often than not I find them to be troublesome. Like, why use a flat-head screw when you could easily use a Philip's head?
- kaelyiesta, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1"The unusual surface of Io is kept very young by its system of active volcanoes. The intense tidal gravity of Jupiter stretches Io and damps wobbles caused by Jupiter's other Galilean moons. The resulting friction greatly heats Io's interior, causing molten rock to explode through the surface. Io's volcanoes are so active that they are effectively turning the whole moon inside out."
I was thinking about the dynamics of this and wondering if it would ever reach a stable solution. If you have more mass being ejected onto the surface of the planet than mass being pulled back in by gravity, the density of the magma would decrease. If this trend continued, the magma would continue to lose density and thus heat. Less heat and density internally means less magma pushed to the surface as the entire mass contracts. If it's true that the moon is turning inside out as the article states, then either it will continue until it's a hollow sphere that somehow doesn't crack and turns static, or at some point the rate of mass being pulled back into the interior would be the same as the rate of the expulsion of magma and you get a steady stable solution and the moon is no longer 'turning itself inside out'. I suspect it's the later case. It seems unlikely that it can continue it's current trend, although it would be ***** awesome if it did. Personally, I'm rooting for those volcanoes to explode like crazy. - Jektal, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1I like sans-serif, but you do bring up a good point...
- powerphail, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1Come again?
- twigboy, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1did anyone else think of a potato macro shot?
- immatellyouwhat, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1Well, tell your mom to get off of it!
- seanhorvath, on 09/24/2009, -0/+1"The resulting friction greatly heats Io's interior, causing molten rock to explode through the surface. Io's volcanoes are so active that they are effectively turning the whole moon inside out. Some of Io's volcanic lava is so hot it glows in the dark."
and you digg me down?
pshh - dse78759, on 09/23/2009, -3/+3Where's the space baby?
- geodebug, on 09/23/2009, -2/+2Outland
- MachineMessiah, on 09/23/2009, -5/+5Kind of sad that we can't even get to our own moon due to budget constraints
- iheartbakon, on 09/23/2009, -1/+1THIS MOON TASTES LIKE ASS!
- Raumschiff, on 09/24/2009, -0/+0I've been mooned!
- JAVandiver, on 09/23/2009, -2/+1Can we not find thing newer than IPOD from 2001?!
- haikuFU, on 09/23/2009, -2/+1It's not cheese, it's just a peeled pineapple.
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