Selene in false colour

Dear Friends .... and Seanie,

With clouds being the norm the past few days, I decided to sit down and pursue something I had in mind for some time, namely a false colour version of the full moon where subtle colouration is emphasized during digital processing so as to bring out features of the lunar surface which have a geological theme.

Using my photo of the apogee moon from early last month, I have produced the following false colour image of the moon: www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scenes-False-Colour.htm . The deep blue colour represents areas on the lunar surface which are rich in titanium and which are believed to also hold oxygen which is significant if colonization is to occur at some point in the future. In contrast, orange areas are completely devoid of titanium but rich in aluminum and iron.

I think Felepe Alves was the first to pursue this technique and, unless I am mistaken, he also had a brief article in S&T describing his technique.

Clear skies!

Dear Friends .... and Seanie,

Great image there Anthony!

Interesting image Anthony,

Also brings out the various Ray Systems better than "normal" images.

Has anybody ever noticed that the Rays from Tycho are not concentric with the centre of the crater?

Strange.

Peter.

Well done anthony,
I haven't seen the mon like that before looks great i must give a go some time.

Fine image Anthony.
I tried something similar before:
www.astroshot.com/Lunar/images/2005_12_1...loured_lx90_300d.jpg
I just grabbed the saturation slider and racked it up to max. A crude method but it's amazing what it reveals. The Apollo missions spent billions to find out a bit about the moon's geology. All we had to use was a Canon 300d!

Mind detailing the technique you used?

Cheers,