Earth’s Moon is shown with the heights of surface features all greatly exaggerated. Also, the colors of the Moon have been exaggerated so areas of blue and red are more easily seen. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
地球的月球表面特征的高度都被大大夸大了。此外，月亮的颜色被夸大了，因此蓝色和红色的区域更容易被看到。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
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2023年1月16日 Moon Enhanced Image Credit & Copyright: Darya Kawa Mirza Explanation: Our Moon doesn’t really look like this. Earth’s Moon, Luna, doesn’t naturally show this rich texture, and its colors are more subtle. But this digital creation is based on reality. The featured image is a composite of multiple images and enhanced to bring up real surface features. The enhancements, for example, show more clearly craters that illustrate the tremendous bombardment our Moon has been through during its 4.6-billion-year history. The dark areas, called maria, have fewer craters and were once seas of molten lava. Additionally, the image colors, although based on the moon’s real composition, are changed and exaggerated. Here, a blue hue indicates a region that is iron rich, while orange indicates a…
