Instead of following accounts that post space images without proper credit, or flat out get the captions/credit wrong like the example @doug_ellison notes here, follow these folks instead: A thread. (1/n)

(Using a screenshot below so as not to promote the other account.)
For amazing photos and cinematic videos of Earth & beyond, check out @_TheSeaning. His processing of Juno images of Jupiter in particular are *STUNNING.* (2/n)

Astrophotographer, image processor, and JPL-er @kevinmgill also posts amazing pics and videos that he's created from data across the Solar System. (3/n)

For lots of super cool Mars rover mosaics, follow image processor extraordinaire @db_prods! (4/n)

If you're a fan of the outer planets, or the Voyager missions in general, @tsplanets is one of the best folks out there bringing new life to these old images of these distant worlds. (5/n)

A pro with both old and new imagery, @bjorn_jons does some cool processing work with Jupiter and more! (6/n)

For pretty much anything in the Solar System, @DDAVISSPACEART has you covered with lots of cool panoramas, (7/n)

Some of the best planetary astrophotography I've ever seen comes from @peachastro—I'm biased by Mars, but he's posting some epic shots of Jupiter and the Galilean moons lately! (8/n)

For truly stunning Hubble image processing, check out @SpaceGeck! (9/n)

For sweet Cassini images (and more), @JPMajor is your guy! (10/n)

For cool images, space news, and tips on learning how to do your own space image processing like the folks in this thread, @elakdawalla is the hands-down expert! (11/n)

The best colour images of Mars from orbit I've ever seen are from @jccwrt, who works magic with data from Mars Express (among other satellites, but HRSC stuff is my fav). (12/n)

Continuing the Mars theme, @mars_stu has been making fantastic panoramas from rover images for quite awhile! (13/n)

To get your Moon fix, @DavidBflower's got you with his astrophotography. (14/n)

Heading waaaaaay out in the Solar System, @_RomanTkachenko has done some cool stuff with Hew Horizons data at Pluto and beyond! (15/n)

The award for "ground-based astrophotography that you're most likely to mistake for Hubble imagery" definitely goes to @ngc1535. (16/n)

Remember the Rosetta mission to Comet 67P? @landru79 has done some epic image processing from the comet! (17/n)

For more cool planetary astrophotos, @JLucDauvergne has a ton, with Jupiter and Saturn stealing the show right now. (18/n)

A pro at Voyager image processing and more, @IanARegan posts some pretty cool stuff! (19/n)

And to bring this all back around to the beginning, @doug_ellison himself also posts some really, really cool stuff from Mars and more! (20/n)

Are you a space image processor or astrophotographer? Share your stuff in the replies! I'd especially love to see more women out there, because it doesn't seem like there are many women on the image processing side. (The only ones I know of were in this thread!) (21/21)
Oh, hahaha I guess I should add that I used to do some of this stuff too! Haven't had the time in ages, but I used to make giant mosaics from Mars Recon. Orbiter Context Camera (CTX) images when I worked in mission ops for the camera. (22/22)

planetary.org/space-images/e…
(And I know there are certainly more folks out there that I didn't mention—these are just the folks whose work I know best and who I've followed for awhile through Twitter or elsewhere!)
Like @corrinerojas who I can't believe I forgot but is posting cool pics and animations from Mastcam on Perseverance!

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