The Saturated Colour Moon

[Mike Salway]

I took this image of the 9-day old waxing gibbous Moon on Sunday night, 3rd May 2009.

The image has been colour-enhanced to emphasise the composition differences of geological formations. From APOD:

..blue hues reveal titanium rich areas while orange and purple colors show regions relatively poor in titanium and iron.

The image consists of 21 images stacked in Registax and processed in Photoshop. Captured with my Canon 20D, WO 0.8x, ED80. 1/100s @ ISO100.

For more (including a larger version):
The Saturated Colour Moon

Thanks for looking.

[calmaxgan]

That is really interesting! And worth the work that went into it.

[Mike Salway]

Thanks Merri!

[PrimeTime]

Mike, that is a great image. The best looking moon shot i have ever seen.

I just took a pic last night and it looks like a black and white conversion. Your color version really sets it off.

[bradzo66]

This is a really interesting shot its good to see those colours and the facts are something I didnt know ,Thanks for the image and the lesson , All the best Mike

[Mike Salway]

Thanks guys - I took some more last night with the moon more full, this time over 100 shots! Will try to process them tomorrow.

Looking forward to the full moon on Saturday night.