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ee.Image.rgb
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Create a 3-band image specifically for visualization. This uses the first band in each image.
Returns the combined image.
| Usage | Returns | ee.Image.rgb(r, g, b) | Image |
| Argument | Type | Details | r | Image | The red image. |
g | Image | The green image. |
b | Image | The blue image. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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