
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
Jupiter system in 1995-97, is managed for
NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications by the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Source:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA00131.jpgTIFF Version:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff/PIA00131.tifNASA Photojournal Catalog Page:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00131
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