Why don't space probes carry a normal digital came

Subject: Why don't space probes carry a normal digital came

Date: Mon Jun 30 15:28:54 2003
Posted by Kevin
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
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Area of science: Astronomy
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This photo of the earth and moon as seen from the Mars Global Surveyor was
released recently http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/05/22/ The page
explains that the actual photo was not taken in color. Instead the color was
derived through a seemingly over-complicated method of using data from 1973
probe photos. Why not just take the photo with a high quality digital camera
similar to what is available now on earth? At what point do images created this
way not reflect reality? thank you!

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