Saturday 20 November 2010

The Moon in Colour

This is the same image as the previous post, taken on the 16th November.  For this version, I've enhanced the colour saturation to try and show some of the differences in the surface composition. The colours are real, but our unaided eyes are normally incapable of detecting their subtlety, which is why we tend to see the familiar shades of grey.

The blue colouration indicates areas rich in titanium, in contrast to the orange areas which have a poor titanium content.
Titanium seas

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