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- JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
- PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
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- PHOTO CAPTION (TOP) P-41490ÿ
- GLL/EM17
- December 22, 1992
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- This false-color mosaic was constructed from a series of 53
- images taken through three spectral filters by Galileo'sÿimaging
- system as the spacecraft flew over the northern regions of the
- Moon on December 7, 1992. The part of the Moon visible from
- Earth is on the left side in this view. The color mosaic shows
- compositional variations in parts of the Moon's northern
- hemisphere. Bright pinkish areas are highlands materials, such
- as those surrounding the oval lava-filled Crisium impact basin
- toward the bottom of the picture. Blue to orange shades indicate
- volcanic lava flows. To the left of Crisium, the dark blue Mare
- Tranquillitatis is richer in titanium than the green and orange
- maria above it. Thin mineral-rich soils associated with
- relatively recent impacts are represented by light blue colors;
- the youngest craters have prominent blue rays extending from
- them. The Galileo project, whose primary mission is the
- exploration of the Jupiter system in 1995-97, is managed for
- NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications by the Jet
- Propulsion Laboratory.
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