Category: Image Manipulation

• The Mars Spirit/Opportunity (2004) Filter

  A Mars-imaging theory claiming that NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rover photos were intentionally tinted red or butterscotch in order to hide the planet’s allegedly blue, habitable-looking sky and more Earthlike surface appearance. The theory grew from the use of false-color and approximate true-color products, public confusion over calibration targets, and the long-running suspicion that official space imagery is adjusted not only for science but for narrative control.