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Andrew McCarthy@AJamesMcCarthy · Aug 22, 2026

The sci-future I dreamed about as a kid is right here at our doorstep Did you know you can request the raw photos from…

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The Artemis II mission photos are available as raw files that reveal hidden details not visible in compressed JPEGs. By processing these raw files and boosting shadows, you can recover information that was lost during JPEG compression.

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    The sci-future I dreamed about as a kid is right here at our doorstep Did you know you can request the raw photos from the Artemis II mission? There is a lot of information hidden in the RAWs that isn't visible in the jpgs. Check the next post in this thread for the raw

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    This is how it looked before editing. Just boosted shadows- since it was captured in RAW all the information before compression was still there. You can download any of these photos and do this here: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Collections/Ar…