Science News: In the most comprehensive lunar map yet, the moon looks like it’s been playing paintball.
Each splash of color identifies a discrete rock or sediment formation, including craters, basins and ancient lava fields. For instance, “the darker, more earth tones are these highland-type terrains, and the reds and the purples tend to be more of these volcanic and lava flow materials,” says geologist James Skinner of the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Ariz., who helped make the map, released April 20 by the USGS. (For more details on exactly what those colors mean, check out the map in all its glory here.)
The Unified Geologic Map of the Moon, as it’s called, combines information from six regional lunar maps created during the Apollo era, as well as recent spacecraft observations. more here
Is Geology the correct term? Shouldn’t it be Lunology?
Kind of like there are no earthquakes on the moon. 🙂
The pink parts must be where Floyd hangs out…..
^ only on the dark side.
I came up with this idea during a celestial discussion I was having with Copernicus – or maybe it was that wop guy – can’t remember – but I’m glad they finally got around to doing it.
See that pink spot? Surrounded by blue?
That’s where I stick my tongue!
I recently read that the most heavily cratered object in the universe is Hillary Clinton’s ass.
Interesting site, just avoid the climate change and WuFlu propoganda.
Oh my God!
The Moon is the Corona virus!
I still stick with the notion that government has developed one spherical illustration and they use it for everything.
OK. Just kidding.
Kinda.
Is there a Department of Spherical Illustrations?
“Is there a Department of Spherical Illustrations?”
Actually, it’s the “Spherical Illustrations Agency” at the moment – it will be upgraded to Departmental status after the elections.
izlamo delenda est …
PH & T
It’s all Light now
A very Spherical Illustrations just popped into existence
Coming in a Volume near you, soon’ish
WoW
And I thought government had only advanced as far as circles. As in firing squads and jerks.
Expect pink moon flags at the next gay pride parade.
“Gee Wally, the Moon”, the Bev.
I downloaded the PDF and you can’t even read the color legend, even if you zoom in 10 times. Incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial.
Wow, and just think. Three years ago all we had was black and white. And now color. It just feels so 1950s. Doesn’t it?
https://greenbankobservatory.org/lunar_radar/ .
https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/radar-map-of-our-moon/ .
“..the radar shows us variations in the abundance of rocks larger than about 10 cm in diameter and differences in the chemistry of rocks that form the Moon’s crust.”
Oh, there was some color back then, too.
https://www.aui.edu/news/green-bank-telescope-snaps-new-hot-photos-moon/ .
There are no Martian bases on our Moon, nor flying saucers. Any report you may hear to the contrary is the work of Communist conspiracy theorists.
The pink areas is where Wuhan flu infection rate is increasing building toward becoming a red zone. Stay away.
I had no idea idea the moon was so colorful. Here I only thought it was a Blue Moon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWoyD5gtlWs
Looks like some bread I tossed
I see moldy blue cheese and wine cheese?
And why does it look like an INFECTED moon all of a sudden?
Why?