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Moon Crescent - False Color Mosaic


A stunning false color photo taken by the Galileo orbiter in 1992 highlighting the geologic features of the moon. Used in Geology of the Moon. Personally, (KNHaw (talk) ) I like how it takes something that is well known to the viewer and hints at the hidden complexity beneath.

Comments:
 * Nominated by: KNHaw (talk) 18:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I love it! However, the edges of the moon need to be anti-aliased, and I'm curious about the upper right edge of the image.  Why is a slice only in grey scale?  Would the image be better without that?  Also, there appears to be different color-balance in different sections of the image (imperfect stitching, I guess).  With these issues fixed I'd gladly nominate this to be a featured picture.  Also, I think the title of this nomination is a bit misleading; to me, a crescent of the moon is what I see reflected from the earth; only part of this image is from the earth-side of the moon, and it isn't reflected sunlight.   Enuja  (talk) 21:40, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I tweaked the aliasing and added a comment in the picture comment about the monochrome band on the right. I'm afraid the color balance issues are pretty much beyond my GIMP skills.  --KNHaw (talk)  23:52, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Seconder:
 * I've just nominated it on featured picture candidates. Enuja  (talk) 00:59, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

