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The Colorful Moon

Despite what we see in our Moon, it does have some color.
With some post processing, the colors can be displayed.

The blues represent titanium rich areas, orange is titanium poor areas.
Pink areas are iron poor and aluminum rich areas.
Source : Feb 1, 2007, http://www.spaceweather.com

The method of PP is described here http://www.colormoon.pt.to/

This image is eleven pictures stacked with the free software, Registax.
Each image was Color Balanced to the extreme Cooler side of the scale and 100% strength in
PaintShop Pro. This exaggerated the colors as displayed.

Nikon D200 ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/160s f/9 at 400.0mm, ISO=200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Anna Yu17-Feb-2008 13:26
Unusual and surprising colors, very nice!
Barry S Moore14-Aug-2007 12:50
absolutely fascinating. Will have to look at Registrax. ~V~
Guest 14-Feb-2007 21:14
Wow~ amazing moon shot! I thought moon is always silver :) Cool info. Thanks for sharing Bryan. :)
Guest 10-Feb-2007 02:56
WOW WOW WOW!!!! GMV
Guest 07-Feb-2007 04:06
WOW! Amazing image, made even more so by the information given!! V
Joanne Kamo04-Feb-2007 15:52
Wow, I've never seen it in these colors. Very interesting. V
carol j. phipps04-Feb-2007 03:26
Amazing sight. Thanks for sharing. Vote
NealyBob04-Feb-2007 03:04
Excellent work~! v
Sheila04-Feb-2007 02:58
Stunning and beautiful.
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Char04-Feb-2007 02:07
This is super outstanding Bryan! V
Kathy Pedersen04-Feb-2007 02:00
What an amazing shot!~ Voted
Debbie B.04-Feb-2007 00:01
Who knew the moon wasn't white!! :-)
Doug Kessler03-Feb-2007 22:40
Wonderful shot and info!
Herb 03-Feb-2007 22:26
Great work
Guest 03-Feb-2007 22:18
Great shot of the moon too!
Guest 03-Feb-2007 22:18
That's very interesting information.
Jackdad03-Feb-2007 20:47
very interesting info and technique, not to mention a great shot of the moon!
Tom Munson03-Feb-2007 18:45
Nice work Bryan. V
Katie Chew03-Feb-2007 15:50
Very nice work!
coaster03-Feb-2007 15:12
Great job.
Elaine (etfitz)03-Feb-2007 15:00
Wonderful work! Love the details and information!
Guest 03-Feb-2007 14:30
Fascinating! V
Guest 03-Feb-2007 14:16
Exciting shot!! vote
Marcia Colelli03-Feb-2007 13:21
Very nice capture of the moon V
Guest 03-Feb-2007 10:10
S... I thought it was a melon, me again, it 's gorgeous.
olivier bruning03-Feb-2007 09:40
impressive Bryan! I am glad we live on planet earth though...~V~
Dan Ng03-Feb-2007 09:15
Wow...I never knew that...that's for sharing with us. V.
Eric Carrère03-Feb-2007 08:56
Excellent Bryan, V.
laine8203-Feb-2007 07:56
Now it looks even more like a rockmelon :>) Good work, Bryan
Nick Powell03-Feb-2007 07:07
Excellent shot, well done! Thanks for posting to PBase (voted).
Yvonne03-Feb-2007 07:05
Exception shot of the moon & exceptional processing! vote
Wei O'Connell03-Feb-2007 07:01
Beautiful moon. Great details! vote