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Old 09-02-2009, 03:16 PM
Dennis
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Thanks Guys!

For those who are interested in the colour saturation process, here are a couple of useful links:

Zac Pujic:
http://astroimg.org/colourlunar.html

Filipe Alves:
http://www.colormoon.pt.to/

From Zac’s website:
"The colours arise from compositional differences in the Moons rocks. In general, blue indicates Titanium-rich rock while red indicates titanium-poor rock. However other processes, including maturation of the regolith by micrometeorites can also cause reddening (such as in the highlands which are generally older than the mare)."

Zac is a member of IIS.

Cheers

Dennis
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