So what kind of imaging was used for this? Obviously the moon isn’t those colors IRL, so I assume it’s not a visible light spectrum photograph.
Misguided_by_Virtue on
It would be a much more interesting night sky if this was visible spectrum
MrBuzzkilll on
Not really a recent picture as it was taken by Galileo in 1992. Cool nonetheless
independent_observe on
They tie-dyed the moon?
Some sort of explanation of what we are seeing would be nice.
I_am_John_Mac on
This image is a great way of highlighting the gap between ‘wow’ space images and the reality that amateur astronomers experience when they first start out.
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So what kind of imaging was used for this? Obviously the moon isn’t those colors IRL, so I assume it’s not a visible light spectrum photograph.
It would be a much more interesting night sky if this was visible spectrum
Not really a recent picture as it was taken by Galileo in 1992. Cool nonetheless
They tie-dyed the moon?
Some sort of explanation of what we are seeing would be nice.
This image is a great way of highlighting the gap between ‘wow’ space images and the reality that amateur astronomers experience when they first start out.
The astronomy equivalent of Paris Syndrome
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome
I’m completely colour blind and this is a normal photo
i like to imagine if our planet was in reality an spaceship. the Sun is would be our motor and batery, and the Moon a kind of map..
in this reality, our souls would know things that we can be aware of just when sleeping. until we reach our destination.