A full moon rendered in exaggerated false color, with patches of purple, brown, blue and grey across its surface.

astrophotography / moon

Moon in False Color

A false-color stack saturates the Moon's subtle mineral variations into visible purples, browns and blues, mapping differences in surface chemistry that are invisible to the naked eye.

Date
2 August 2020
Capture
Canon EOS R · 1/320s · ISO 2000