• Specal@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Yes but no, the Black hole photograph was more of an interpretation of data. Pictures like this are actual photographs.

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        11 months ago

        Photographs are interpretations of data. That one was made with a composite image from a telescope the size of the planet, with an exposure time of an entire year.

        I swear people think cameras are magic or something.