Processed the latest Artemis II lunar view which is significantly better resolution than the previous one. This full-disk view of the Moon has been processed with saturated colour enhancement to expose the rich variety of mineral compositions hidden beneath its familiar gray surface.
Vibrant yellows and oranges trace iron-rich basalts in the ancient lava flows of the maria. Deep blues and purples highlight titanium-bearing ilmenite deposits, while scattered pinks and reds mark unique impact-melt glasses and plagioclase-rich highlands.
Each hue tells a story of billions of years of volcanic eruptions, asteroid bombardments, and cosmic weathering. This isn’t just a pretty picture. It’s science in action. Artemis II’s crewed flyby is gathering data that will guide future landings and help us understand how the Moon formed alongside Earth.
Mare Orientale is seen at lower left, while the striking cyan colour of Aristarchus just above centre is especially prominent.
Credit: NASA / Damian Peach
by Busy_Yesterday9455
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Beautiful, and amazing how fast they were able to edit out the roads and alien moon base one of the other subs promised me.
/s
Prefer the original
Clearly fake. Where’s the ark? Where’s Sentinel?
Where are the Space Nazis?
So are those colors what the crew actually sees? Or does the color enhancement give it that
Roses are red, violets are blue…
Where are the aliens?
Where are the moon bears ?
It’s just as I imagined, Pink Floyd was right !
Please note that this is not the official / original picture from NASA and is ‘processed’ by OP.
Kind of misleading as it should have been highlighted in the post title. Also, don’t know why the are not using ‘Processed’ flair 😅
I was promised alien bases..
Fantástico
Checks out, I can see a bit of the green cheese.
Oh good, it’s still there
I kinda feel like we are seeing the moons butthole there and it’s been hiding it from us out of embarrassment for billions of years.
Someone get the moon some undies please so it’ll stop feeling embarrassed.
kinda looks like a cat bum hole. Glad we got the face on the other side
Serious missed opportunity if one of the craters isn’t named after pink floyd.
Top half center left looks like a huge lake in a crater. I know that’s impossible but it’s blue and it look glassy or liquid
Anyone know which one is Carroll crater?
Where are the nazis?
Why does this look familiar
there’s an ocean on the moon?
That’s it’s butt hole
Come on underground structure… Complete my bingo card.
surprised they edited out all of the swastikas and Nazi moon bases
Where can I download the highest quality files of these A2 photos?
We would collectively shit if we caught a whole society hiding back there.
Nice work!
Why is it so dark at the top?
Oh lordt, the flat earthers, anti-vaxx, Qanon crowd is going to go crazy with this image
Phenomenal photo. Thanks for posting it.
Looks like it has vegetation and water, let’s move.
Now they just need to do Olympus Mons next /s
FYI I do not give a shit about going to Mars anytime soon.
To me that is the pipe dream of a toddler billionaire.
I mean we haven’t had people even orbit the moon or come this close in 50 years but yet they want to start colonizing Mars?
I said build some bases on the moon to see if we can even handle these lighter conditions before we decide to colonize a planet much further away and much more harsh conditions
How long would it take to walk from North Pole to South Pole of the moon?
No transformers? That’s sad…
Very cool
I think that canteloupe is moldy enough to get tossed
I am going to say. It looks like a bunch of cities and water and possible vegetation on that side.
Whats with all the color? I’m sorry it this is like a stupid question but I’ve got no clue why it looks like that
Holy shit there’s water and plant life on the moon? Why haven’t we colonized it yet, are we stupid??
Humans have been staring into space for thousands of years and we live in a year where mankind is seeing the backside of the moon for the first time. What a landmark moment in the history of our species.
You a fine mfer wont u back dat thing up
The fact that they can snap those telescope-grade photos from their normal cameras, and from that side of the moon.
And the fact that they would need a telescope to get a better photo of the earth
So nice to see color on the moon.
Cause I never liked the gray scaled images we always had.
This picture looks like land grass and water
I can see it’s bootyhole
And there it is.
