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<p align="left"> [http://www.lpod.org/archive/2004/03/LPOD-2004-03-07.htm Early] this year, Portuguese imager Filipe Aves demonstrated that a normal digital camera can capture the subtle colors of the lunar surface and that relatively simple processing can enhance them. Filipe's latest image reflects his continuing refinement of the technique, including stacking images to reduce noise and increase color saturation. In this image the Moon is largely two colors - blues and oranges. But look closely for this bi-coloration isn't just the mare-highlands compositional dichotomy. Within Mare Imbrium and nearby Oceanus Procellarum (see mouseover) both these colors appear. The blues are generally younger basalts that are titanium rich, and the oranges are older, Ti-poor lavas. Lighter-hued golds also appear in the highlands but these are not basalts. The Galileo color composite  [http://www.lpod.org/archive/2004/05/LPOD-2004-05-10.htm image] - made with a billion dollar spacecraft and separate filtered images - distinguishes the highlands from the Ti-poor basalts. Other amateurs should explore this technique - Felipe's [http://www.colormoon.pt.to/ web site] shows you how - using high resolution images to investigate the details of lava flows and topography. For example - do domes or sinuous rilles occur preferentially in lavas of certain colors/compositions?</p>
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<p align="left"> [[March_7,_2004|Early]] this year, Portuguese imager Filipe Aves demonstrated that a normal digital camera can capture the subtle colors of the lunar surface and that relatively simple processing can enhance them. Filipe's latest image reflects his continuing refinement of the technique, including stacking images to reduce noise and increase color saturation. In this image the Moon is largely two colors - blues and oranges. But look closely for this bi-coloration isn't just the mare-highlands compositional dichotomy. Within Mare Imbrium and nearby Oceanus Procellarum (see mouseover) both these colors appear. The blues are generally younger basalts that are titanium rich, and the oranges are older, Ti-poor lavas. Lighter-hued golds also appear in the highlands but these are not basalts. The Galileo color composite  [[May_10,_2004|image]] - made with a billion dollar spacecraft and separate filtered images - distinguishes the highlands from the Ti-poor basalts. Other amateurs should explore this technique - Felipe's [http://www.colormoon.pt.to/ web site] shows you how - using high resolution images to investigate the details of lava flows and topography. For example - do domes or sinuous rilles occur preferentially in lavas of certain colors/compositions?
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<blockquote><p align="right">&#8212; [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</blockquote>
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This image is the result of a composite of several moon images taken on 4 December 2004. I used 15 raw images taken with a Canon 300D mounted at the prime focus of a 10" Newtonian. I used Photoshop to enhance the saturation levels of a group of stacked images at 16-bit per channel/pixel. </p>
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<p align="right">&#8212; [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p></blockquote>
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This image is the result of a composite of several moon images taken on 4 December 2004. I used 15 raw images taken with a Canon 300D mounted at the prime focus of a 10" Newtonian. I used Photoshop to enhance the saturation levels of a group of stacked images at 16-bit per channel/pixel.
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[http://www.colormoon.pt.to/ How to capture the color of the Moon]
 
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<p align="left"><b>Tomorrow's LPOD: </b> Full Moon and High Res
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[December 19, 2004|Half Moon in Broward]] </p>
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<b>VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE LPODs!</b><br>
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<p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[December 21, 2004|Full Moon and High Res]] </p>
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During Dec 25 thru Dec 31 LPOD will feature LPODs from the past year that visitors like best. Send [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com  me] an email with your favorite seven LPODs - include their titles and the dates they appeared. Thanks! </p>
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Latest revision as of 15:31, 15 March 2015

Bi-Colored Moon


LPOD-2004-12-20.jpeg

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Image Credit: Filipe Aves


Bi-Colored Moon

Early this year, Portuguese imager Filipe Aves demonstrated that a normal digital camera can capture the subtle colors of the lunar surface and that relatively simple processing can enhance them. Filipe's latest image reflects his continuing refinement of the technique, including stacking images to reduce noise and increase color saturation. In this image the Moon is largely two colors - blues and oranges. But look closely for this bi-coloration isn't just the mare-highlands compositional dichotomy. Within Mare Imbrium and nearby Oceanus Procellarum (see mouseover) both these colors appear. The blues are generally younger basalts that are titanium rich, and the oranges are older, Ti-poor lavas. Lighter-hued golds also appear in the highlands but these are not basalts. The Galileo color composite image - made with a billion dollar spacecraft and separate filtered images - distinguishes the highlands from the Ti-poor basalts. Other amateurs should explore this technique - Felipe's web site shows you how - using high resolution images to investigate the details of lava flows and topography. For example - do domes or sinuous rilles occur preferentially in lavas of certain colors/compositions?

— Chuck Wood

Technical Details:
This image is the result of a composite of several moon images taken on 4 December 2004. I used 15 raw images taken with a Canon 300D mounted at the prime focus of a 10" Newtonian. I used Photoshop to enhance the saturation levels of a group of stacked images at 16-bit per channel/pixel.

Related Links:
How to capture the color of the Moon

Yesterday's LPOD: Half Moon in Broward

Tomorrow's LPOD: Full Moon and High Res


Author & Editor:
Charles A. Wood

 

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