Moon Enhanced

Our Moon really doesn't look like Earth's Moon. Luna does not naturally display this rich texture and her colors are more subtle, but this digital creation is based on reality. The image presented is a composite of several images and has been

enhanced

to show a real surface. The features, improvements, for example, more clearly show the craters that illustrate the tremendous bombardment that our Moon has suffered during its four billion year history. The dark areas called Maria have fewer craters and were once seas of molten lava. Also, the colors in the image though are based on the Moon.

The actual composition is changed and exaggerated here. A blue hue indicates an iron-rich region, while orange indicates a slight excess of aluminum. Although the Moon has shown the same side of the Earth for billions of years, modern technology is allowing Humanity to learn much more about It and how it affects the Earth.