content: https://youtu.be/wthhc1s0Pig - HDR or High Dynamic Range as Fast As Possible -- 1:47 - 2:20 explains the basic idea of capturing a still image at different exposures and then combining them to get a much higher dynamic range image than is possible with current image sensor technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_imaging - looks like they took the images from Wikipedia for that video. http://i.imgtc.com/1c2c9m1.jpg - screenshot of the video http://i.imgtc.com/92Cqbwj.jpg - closer to what a normal (non-HDR) image might look like if exposing to prevent the bright rocket flames from being overexposed at the cost of losing all shadow detail. The camera NASA is using does this with video, capturing multiple exposures at once. What would someone without NASA's budget have to do to get HDR video footage? A. use more than one camera to shoot the scene, each camera set to a different exposure (f-stop).  This is a problem though as each camera cannot have the exact same view of the scene so when combining the videos to get HDR footage it's going to look strange.  Perhaps blurry edges or ghosting... i've not seen anyone attempt to do this. B. use more than one camera but they all view through a single lens somehow... prisms and mirrors perhaps, no idea if anyone's attempted this either but I bet this is close to what the camera NASA is using is doing. HDR imaging acquires multiple images at different exposures and applies digital signal processing algorithms to recombine them into a single image that excludes over- and underexposed pixels to improve image quality. The result is an image with more detail than could be captured by a single exposure. HDR imaging effectively increases a camera's dynamic range and eliminates saturation. - source: the PDF at https://www.nasa.gov/feature/high-dynamic-range-stereo-x-hidyrs-x I assume the false color is for a purely technical reason (the blue or green channel of the sensor[s?] giving more dynamic range than red perhaps?) rather than the pinkish flames looking cool. EDIT: if I had just read some more on the NASA page... https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/hidyrs-x_before.png - normal camera https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/hidyrs-x_after.png - the fancy camera