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The instruments that are recording these images are looking for different data than would be shown in a photograph, such as temperature, high or low pressure, different gasses, etc. Many of theses kinds of data would not be obvious in a standard photograph or video.

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Q: When a satellite collects information from the surface of the earth the data is converted to an image Why this image is often not a true picture?
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