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| Bad weather preventing me to take higher resolution false colour images, I settled for another mosaic. The libration favoured the Lunar South pole this time. Part of Mare Australe can be seen. This mosaic was constructed in the usual way, exept that I added a fourth mosaic to make the terminater stand out a little more. This fourth mosiac was exposed longer and then combined with the existing luminance (the red channel) to bring out the details that would otherwise be obscured. | 12 December 2010 | ||
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| The waxing moon is not very favourable when you wish to image the subtle colours but still it can reveal some striking features. Notice the bright blue craters flanking Stevinus, Fumerius A and Stevius B. Both are young craters whose impact rays reveal bright highly UV reflecting Lunar soil that has not yet been degraded by the sun. In time these rays will discolour. The dark blue and green basaltic Mares contrast with the oranje and brown hues of the Lunar highlands. And everywhere the bright blue sparks of young craters can be discerned. Notice the bright one near the Apollo 11 landing site. I never noticed this crater until I noticed it's high reflectivity in UV. | 19 May 2010 | ||
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| A higher resolution false colour taken f/25 with the C9.25 shows the region of Mare Frigoris. Anaxagoras is very notable sight, it's rays blue-gray because they're still relatively young and not discoloured by the Suns UV rays. Plato is also flanked by younger impacts that stand out in blue hues. Mare Frigorus is more blue-green and darker due to the basaltic lava. Mare Imbrium shows a complex history with many different hues of Mare basalt. It is certainly on my list to image in colour at a highere resolution. Aristillus to the lower left, is an older rayed crater, whose rays have lost their UV reflectivity. | 25 April 2010 |
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| A closup of the northen Lunar highlands reveal orange and pink hues dotted with the blue of younger smaller craters. Some of these, like Chevallier, I had never noticed without their striking colour. | 25 April 2010 |
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CBuch B, a small inconspicuous crater in located in the rays of Tycho, is very distinct when imaged in false colour. The blue colour is likely caused by the fact that the impactor hit an old lava tube below the surface. Mafic lava is dark blue in colour |
Copernicus, with it's ray system, show different shades of colour. The north side of the crater is more red coloured than the south side, likely due to the fact that the impactor hit two different surface area's, Mare and highland. | ||
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