Moon_Crescent_-_False_Color_Mosaic.jpg
Summary
Description Moon Crescent - False Color Mosaic.jpg |
English:
This
false-color
mosaic was constructed from a series of 53 images taken through three
spectral filters
by
Galileo's
imaging system as the spacecraft flew over the northern regions of the Moon on December 7, 1992. The part of the Moon visible from Earth is on the left side in this view. The color mosaic shows
compositional variations
in parts of the Moon's northern hemisphere. Bright pinkish areas are highlands materials, such as those surrounding the oval lava-filled Crisium
impact basin
toward the bottom of the picture. Blue to orange shades indicate
volcanic lava flows
. To the left of Crisium, the dark blue
Mare Tranquillitatis
is richer in titanium than the green and orange maria above it. Thin mineral-rich soils associated with relatively recent impacts are represented by light blue colors; the youngest craters have prominent blue rays extending from them. The monochrome band on the right edge shows the
unretouched
surface of the moon. The Galileo project, whose primary mission is the exploration of the
en:Jupiter
system in 1995-97, is managed for
en:NASA
's Office of Space Science and Applications by the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
.
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Date | |
Source | http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00131 ( image link ) |
Author | NASA/JPL |
This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) under
Photo ID:
PIA00131
.
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Original upload log
- 2007-10-18 23:42 KNHaw 2600×2910×8 (2684068 bytes) False color image of the [[moon]] taken by the [[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo orbiter]] showing [[Geology of the Moon|geologic features]]. ''[[NASA]] photo.''
- 2007-10-15 18:02 KNHaw 2600×2910×8 (1131086 bytes) This false-color mosaic was constructed from a series of 53 images taken through three spectral filters by Galileo's imaging system as the spacecraft flew over the northern regions of the Moon on December 7, 1992. The part of the Moon visible from Earth i