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Does everyone have to be such a grumpy guts and just not accept that ED creates very nice space shots - very similar to real ones (with artistic license)
Geezo
There was no grumpyness or malice intended. Just telling it how it is. Yes, Elite Dangerous has been given an amazing glimpse of whats out there in it's accuracy, and touched up for players to consume.
Shok.
Tar Stone
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True fact!
There are no photos of the sun in the visible wavelength either. Let that one sink in. If anyone finds one I'd love to see it.
You can if your windshield augments it's opacity in various areas in order to allow you to view them. In elite, Windshields are smart, can vary and alter wavelengths passing through them. This is how you don't cook near the sun, but instead see it in detail.
Windshield... it's not really a windshield in space though is it...
The real reason we have smart canopy glass in ED is that nobody has a monitor with brightness that will go high enough to properly represent getting that close to a star.
What happens when your canopy gets blown when you're near a star?
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By rights it should be crispy noodle time..
Is there occlusion in Elite, too? So can we see a half earth or half moon?
Tar Stone
Banned
I'll take your nasa link and raise you a Patrick Moore interview with Neil Armstrong...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtdcdxvNI1o
Patrick Moore asked Neil Armstrong this question twice - the first time was at a press conference shortly after Apollo 11. I know of a researcher in California who got the same answer from nasa pr in the 70s.
Seriously? Why not?
When you take pictures of objects in space the exposure time is too short. Moon earth sun etc are way way brighter than the stars and the camera doesn't catch enough light at the sensitivity to make good shots on the earth and moon.
The level of sensitivity required to balance that image would make the moon and earth balls of bright white light. Human eyes are awesome, and can see the difference. We're really good at that actually, dealing with contrasting light levels. Within reason of course. I think I read somewhere that looking at earth or the moon full on will give similar results due to the amount of light reflected, but if you look away, stars!
The level of sensitivity required to balance that image would make the moon and earth balls of bright white light. Human eyes are awesome, and can see the difference. We're really good at that actually, dealing with contrasting light levels. Within reason of course. I think I read somewhere that looking at earth or the moon full on will give similar results due to the amount of light reflected, but if you look away, stars!
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