Gizmodo.com September 10, 2026 • 14:50

This NASA Color Trick Was Meant for Mars. Now It’s Unveiling Rock Art on Earth - Gizmodo

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This NASA Color Trick Was Meant for Mars. Now It’s Unveiling Rock Art on Earth - Gizmodo

Rather than simply raising the contrast between colors, the decorrelation method maps the original colors to an expanded range.

In 2005, archaeologist Jon Harman was attending a conference on rock art when he came across an unexpected source of inspiration: images of Mars. One showed the planets familiar rusty-red surface; an… [+3846 chars]

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