I think technically, it's a "photographic representation" of all the bits of
data from a ton of hard-drives (I think they mean that literally - 2000+ pounds
of hard-drives) combined to produce the image.
If you want to be an ass-hat about it, it's not "really" a photograph until
you've exposed light sensitive paper to the image and developed it by subjecting
it to a chemical solution.
The "purists" can kiss my ...
On 4/12/2019 11:19:16, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Last night, during late-night drive, while there was nothing listenable on the
usual radio stations, I turned on "Coast-to-Coast" on the radio (Late night AM
radio talk program about "paranormal" things).
There was some "expert" who was talking about this blackhole image: "This is not
exactly a photograph... It is an image that is made [up] based on the data, ..."
(Which is true in the very strict meaning of the word "photograph", if you
consider the origin of the word photography, - from Greek "photos" meaning
"light". Wavelengths used for the image are far from the visible light spectrum.)
That reminded me of some similar statements by "purists" among photographers
about what constitutes an unaltered [digital] photograph, i.e. how processing an
image makes it not a "true photo".
Igor
Mark Roberts Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:39:51 -0700 wrote:
John wrote:
One of my rocket scientist friends says the image is "fuzzy", which is
supposed to be some kind of physics joke. It just looks slightly out of
focus to me. 8^)
The best bit is the narration accompanying the *simple explanation video*...
"... black holes are extremely hard to see."
Ya' think? It's black and it's 55 million light-years from Earth!
Also: It's HUGE! https://xkcd.com/2135/
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