voy1_v_c_o_TPMBK (unnumbered, IPL-260668 eq, PIA01324 eq)
“This crescent view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 on March 24, 1979. This image was taken through three color filters and recombined to produce the color image. This photo was assembled from three black and white negatives by the Image Processing Lab at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. JPL manages and controls the Voyager project for NASA's Office of Space Science.”
The above and image, at:
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01324
Also:
“This image of Jupiter was taken looking back almost three weeks after the 5 March closest approach. The Great Red Spot can be seen at lower right. Three images were taken through different filters and combined to give this view. Voyager 1 was roughly 30 million km away when this image was taken. Jupiter is 71,492 km in diameter and north is at 12:00.”
And image, at:
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/vg1_ipl260668...
Credit: NSSDCA website
As with most anything pertaining to NASA photographic [fill in the blank] during the 1970’s & later, even the photographic paper, despite being KODAK, was IMHO, inferior. Possibly further exacerbated by being considered disposable, hence handled with minimal care/consideration.
So, I suppose the red-shift of the image, common in many vintage photographs, is the primary culprit for the gorgeous, rich & incorrect color.
voy1_v_c_o_TPMBK (unnumbered, IPL-260668 eq, PIA01324 eq)
“This crescent view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 on March 24, 1979. This image was taken through three color filters and recombined to produce the color image. This photo was assembled from three black and white negatives by the Image Processing Lab at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. JPL manages and controls the Voyager project for NASA's Office of Space Science.”
The above and image, at:
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01324
Also:
“This image of Jupiter was taken looking back almost three weeks after the 5 March closest approach. The Great Red Spot can be seen at lower right. Three images were taken through different filters and combined to give this view. Voyager 1 was roughly 30 million km away when this image was taken. Jupiter is 71,492 km in diameter and north is at 12:00.”
And image, at:
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/vg1_ipl260668...
Credit: NSSDCA website
As with most anything pertaining to NASA photographic [fill in the blank] during the 1970’s & later, even the photographic paper, despite being KODAK, was IMHO, inferior. Possibly further exacerbated by being considered disposable, hence handled with minimal care/consideration.
So, I suppose the red-shift of the image, common in many vintage photographs, is the primary culprit for the gorgeous, rich & incorrect color.