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Dateline: Mars:
During the summer of 1997, the Mars Pathfinder delighted scientists and laymen alike with stunning color images from Earth's closest neighbor. With full-color reproduction by then commonplace, newspapers gave prominent display to the photos. But people turned in record numbers to the Internet, where NASA sites offered primitive video. On July 8 the sites had nearly 47 million hits, more than double the traffic of any other site to that date.
Digital 'Dentistry':
Digital photography -- faster and more efficient than film -- also made photo manipulation easier. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, several photographers and news organizations altered images, violating a cardinal rule of photojournalism. In 1997, Newsweek altered its cover photo to improve the appearance of a woman's teeth. Time ran an unretouched photo. |