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Image: WMAP 2008 94GHz foregrounds

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Description: "Three-color maps from the Maximum Entropy Method (MEM) model for the 5 WMAP frequency bands. These maps indicate which emission mechanism dominates as a function of frequency and sky position. Synchrotron is red, free-free is green, and thermal dust is blue." W-Band Map (94 GHz), logarithmic scale.
Title: WMAP 2008 94GHz foregrounds
Credit: LAMBDA WMAP Images; [1]
Author: NASA / WMAP Science Team
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License: Public domain
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