How to Use false color in a Sentence
false color
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This false color image, taken in near-infrared light, shows the raging eye of the 1,200-mile-wide storm at Saturn’s north pole.
— Ernie Mastroianni, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2017 -
The images show the massive planet in false color to better reveal the turbulent cloud tops and swirling storms.
— Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2022 -
The lushly green region appears red because this is a false color image.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2017 -
Focus assist, false color, and an array of scopes help in composing the perfect shot, while a mirror-mode is a nice nod to bloggers.
— Popular Science, 20 Apr. 2020 -
Dark streaks on Mars (presented in false color for clarity) indicate likely flows of salty water on the planet.
— Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2015 -
This false color animation is also from the Cassini spacecraft.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2017 -
The images are actually composites of natural and false color, both from the Landsat 8 satellite.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 13 Aug. 2015 -
In the false color view, generated from infrared data, the bright green color is indicative of copious sulfur dioxide gas.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022 -
To clearly discern the flooding, the images are false color, employing a combination of visible and shortwave infrared light.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2018
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