HardenPatch t1_ixtvqo3 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 8:37 AM Reply to comment by xoverthirtyx in NASA’s Orion Sends Back New Views of Moon’s Surface by Maxcactus Because the moon itself is dull, increasing the contrast would mean overexposing Orion. The camera is pretty good but it had to send live-ish footage travelling at a huge speed so they couldn't send all the data and the result was highly compressed. Permalink Parent 3
HardenPatch t1_ixtvqo3 wrote
Reply to comment by xoverthirtyx in NASA’s Orion Sends Back New Views of Moon’s Surface by Maxcactus
Because the moon itself is dull, increasing the contrast would mean overexposing Orion. The camera is pretty good but it had to send live-ish footage travelling at a huge speed so they couldn't send all the data and the result was highly compressed.