Add a compositor to mask visible night #3102
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My use case for the true color composite is often to put it on top of another composite that fills in the night part of the image.
For that a straightforward solution is to use the daynightcompositor. However, I'm never really satisfied because it in a compromise between having a large termiator area or loosing bright spots from true color on the night side.
This PR proposes a simple thresholding from the image channel to complement the opacity gradient.
Feedback on this idea is welcome.
Examples:
With another composite behind

VIIRS

an example configuration for this composite: