Earth's Moon - Galileo
Color composite of the Moon from 560,000 km
Galileo color image of the Moon showing the western hemisphere
and Orientale Basin. The Orientale Basin is just left of the
center of the image, at 20 S, 265 E, and has a diameter of
about 1000 km. The right side of the image is on the Moon's
near side and left is the far side. The dark area at upper
right is Oceanus Procellarum, while below it is the circular Mare
Humorum. The dark region at lower left is the South-Pole-Aitken
basin. The image was produced from three exposures, through
violet, red, and near-IR filters, from roughly 560,000 km.
(Galileo, P-37329)
Moon: Geology
Clementine Mission
