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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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Title:
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False-Color Lunar Image
Title
False-Color Lunar Image
Title
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Full Description:
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This false-color photograph is a composite of 15 images of the Moon taken through three color filters by the Galileo spacecraft?s solid-state imaging system during the spacecraft?s passage through the Earth-Moon system on December 8, 1992. When this view was obtained, the spacecraft was 425,000 kilometers (262,000 miles) from the Moon and 69,000 kilometers (43,000 miles) from Earth. The false-color processing used to create this lunar image is helpful for interpreting the surface soil composition. Areas appearing red generally correspond to the lunar highlands, while blue to orange shades indicate the ancient volcanic lava flow of a mare, or lunar sea. Bluer mare areas contain more titanium than do the orange regions. Mare Tranquillitatis, seen as a deep blue patch on the right, is richer in titanium than mare Serenitatis, a slightly smaller circular area immediately adjacent to the upper left o Mare Tranquillitatis. Blue and orange areas covering much of the left side of the Moon in this view represent many separate lava flows in Oceanus Procellarum. The small purple areas found near the center are pyroclastic deposits formed by explosive volcanic eruptions. The fresh crater Tycho, with a diameter of 85 kilometers (53 miles), is prominent at the bottom of the photograph, where part of the moon disk is missing.
Full_Description
This false-color photograph is a composite of 15 images of the Moon taken through three color filters by the Galileo spacecraft?s solid-state imaging system during the spacecraft?s passage through the Earth-Moon system on December 8, 1992. When this view was obtained, the spacecraft was 425,000 kilometers (262,000 miles) from the Moon and 69,000 kilometers (43,000 miles) from Earth. The false-color processing used to create this lunar image is helpful for interpreting the surface soil composition. Areas appearing red generally correspond to the lunar highlands, while blue to orange shades indicate the ancient volcanic lava flow of a mare, or lunar sea. Bluer mare areas contain more titanium than do the orange regions. Mare Tranquillitatis, seen as a deep blue patch on the right, is richer in titanium than mare Serenitatis, a slightly smaller circular area immediately adjacent to the upper left o Mare Tranquillitatis. Blue and orange areas covering much of the left side of the Moon in this view represent many separate lava flows in Oceanus Procellarum. The small purple areas found near the center are pyroclastic deposits formed by explosive volcanic eruptions. The fresh crater Tycho, with a diameter of 85 kilometers (53 miles), is prominent at the bottom of the photograph, where part of the moon disk is missing.
Full Description
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Date:
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04/1993
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NASA Center:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA_Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Center
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Subject Category:
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Earths Moon
Subject_Category
Earths Moon
Subject Category
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Subject Category:
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Planetary Astronomy
Subject_Category
Planetary Astronomy
Subject Category
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Subject Category:
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Voyager-Galileo
Subject_Category
Voyager-Galileo
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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Moon
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Keywords:
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Galileo
Keywords
Galileo
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Mare
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Keywords:
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Tranquillitatis
Keywords
Tranquillitatis
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Serenitatis
Keywords
Serenitatis
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Oceanus
Keywords
Oceanus
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Procellarum
Keywords
Procellarum
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Tycho
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Moon
facet_what
Moon
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Crater
facet_what
Crater
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Galileo
facet_what
Galileo
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Voyager
facet_what
Voyager
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Solid-State Imaging
facet_what
Solid-State Imaging
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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December 8, 1992
facet_when
December 8, 1992
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1992
facet_when_year
1992
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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P-41491
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0226
UID
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0226
UID
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Center:
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JPL
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Center Number:
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P-41491
Center_Number
P-41491
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2002-000226
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2002-000226
GRIN DataBase Number
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA
Creator-Photographer
NASA
Creator-Photographer
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Original Source:
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DIGITAL
Original_Source
DIGITAL
Original Source
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