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Monday, January 16, 2023

Moon Enhanced


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Our Moon doesn't really look like this. Earth's Moon, Luna, doesn't naturally show this rich texture, and its colours are more subtle. But this digital creation is based on reality.

This image is a composite of multiple images and enhanced to bring up real surface features. The enhancements, for example, show more clearly craters that illustrate the tremendous bombardment our Moon has been through during its 4.6-billion-year history. The dark areas, called maria, have fewer craters and were once seas of molten lava.

Additionally, the image colours, although based on the moon's real composition, are changed and exaggerated. Here, a blue hue indicates a region that is iron rich, while orange indicates a slight excess of aluminum. Although the Moon has shown the same side to the Earth for billions of years, modern technology is allowing humanity to learn much more about it, and how it affects the Earth.

Image Credit & Copyright: Darya Kawa Mirza



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