Earth's Moon - Galileo
False-color image of Mare Tranquillitatis and Serenitatis on the moon
Galileo false-color image of the Mare Tranquillitatis
and Mare Serenitatis areas of the Moon. The picture
was constructed from four exposures taken during
Galileo's second Earth/Moon flyby on 8 December 1992.
The colors are enhanced to highlight compositional
differences. Mare Tranquillitatis at left appears
blue due to titanium enrichment. Orange soil in
Mare Sarenitatis at lower right indicates lower
titanium. Dark purple areas at left center mark
the Apollo 17 landing site, composed of explosive
volcanic deposits. Red lunar highlands indicate
low iron and titanium. Mare Serenitatis is roughly
1300 km across and North is at 5:00. The 95 km
diameter crater Posidonius, centered at 32 N, 30 E,
is at the middle of the bottom of the frame.
(Galileo, P-41477)
Larger image:
High resolution tiff file (3.1 Mb)
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1992-12-07
Distance/Range (km): N/A
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): +18.,026. E
Orbit(s): Flyby
Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: crater, plains
Instrument: Solid State Imaging CCD Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 800 x 800, 8 bit
Instrument Field of View (deg): .46 x .46
Filter: N/A
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A
Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: N/A
NASA Image ID number: P-41477
Other Image ID number: GLL/EM18
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 89-084B-10B
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): 89-084B-10C
Other ID: N/A
Updated 18 March 2003, DRW.
