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The James Webb Images Aren't Fake — They're Creative Color Science (And We Can Learn From It)
Those Amazing Space Photos Are Lying to You (In the Best Way) Remember when NASA dropped those jaw-dropping James Webb Space Telescope images last year? The “Cosmic Cliffs” of the Carina Nebula with its teal peaks and fiery orange clouds? Yeah, those colors don’t actually exist. Before you feel betrayed, hear me out: this is actually more impressive than if they were real. The Infrared Problem (And Solution) Here’s the thing about Webb — it observes mostly infrared light, which our human eyes literally cannot see.