• Dettweiler@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    This image is polarization lines drawn over the original to attempt to give more detail. You can see the original behind it

    From the article:

    The lines mark the orientation of polarization, which is related to the magnetic field around the shadow of the black hole.

    • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      One of my worst pet peeves is people claiming renders from scientific data are the same as a photograph. Amazing how I figured it out in highschool and I’m still seeing headlines banking on this misconception.