astro-image of the day: psychedelic Moon

[mckitterick]

This photo of the Moon is a montage using filters to reveal its mineral content:

Comments

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

Good god, that's gorgeous - do you have a link to the original source? I'm madly curious as to what substances the colors indicate.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Sure, just click the photo! From there you can search the NASA archives if you want more.

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

Heh - duh. Me and my technophobe tendencies ....

Thanks for the link, then, and the explanation!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I tried to make the link more obvious by using a thicker border, but perhaps I should include "click for the full story" on these images. I haven't always included links, but I try to do it all the time nowadays.

[renegade500.livejournal.com]

Okay, this one is my absolute favorite! It looks a lot like an abstract painting I have on my fireplace mantle.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

This would make great wall art....

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

That is just cool! And so pretty!

[stuology.livejournal.com]

Far out, man!

[kansas-dave.livejournal.com]

I love it! It would be nice to know which minerals the colors represented.

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[kansas-dave.livejournal.com]

Aha. Click the photo. Got it. :)

[pointoforigin.livejournal.com]

OMG, these pix of yours are like some kind of cosmic candy box!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yes indeedy! Click the "astronomy" tag to see 'em all on one page. Well, all of them from 2007; I still need to tag earlier posts.