See the moon with a “superhuman vision”: the astrophotographer takes an amazing photo of our lunar satellite with inverted colors to improve the texture
- Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy made this amazing image
- He altered the image to highlight things the human eye cannot see
- The amazing image was created by processing the image with a layer of inverted brightness to enhance the lunar texture
This amazing image of the moon with inverted colors shows where it once flowed with magma, and how it would be with “superhuman vision.”
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy, known as cosmic_background on Instagram, has modified the image of the lunar surface to highlight things the human eye cannot see.
The amazing image was created by processing the image with a layer of inverted brightness to enhance the lunar texture.
This amazing image of the moon with inverted colors shows where it once flowed with magma and what it would be like with “superhuman vision”
Andrew says the brightest regions show where the moon flowed with magma.
He said: “Our eyes are pretty amazing, but sometimes it’s great to see how things could be with a superhuman vision.
“In this release, the colors show how the composition changes where the magma flowed, as well as how the impacts impacting the surface add an extra touch of color.
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy, known as cosmic_background on Instagram, has modified the image of the lunar surface to highlight things the human eye cannot see
The amazing image was created by processing the image with a layer of inverted brightness to enhance the lunar texture
“The colors are real and represent the hidden geological history of the moon.
“It seems to me that this image shows the colors and features in a unique way that I haven’t seen so far.”
Andrew is known for his stunning astrophotography and recently took a “shot on a blue moon” from the International Space Station crossing the moon.
The rare feature of the reoriented view of the station “instantly became my favorite catches,” McCarthy explained.
Andrew says the brightest regions show where the moon flowed with magma
What made this image remarkable was the orientation of the ISS at the time it was taken and McCarthy’s “second” accuracy in capturing the orbiting laboratory as it crossed the Copernicus crater on the moon – before disappearing. .
This lunar impact crater is visible with binoculars slightly northwest of the center of the Earth-oriented hemisphere.
The solar panels that are usually flat on each side of the station were seen changing at different angles due to the spacewalk, which added to the uniqueness of the photograph.
SCIENTISTS DO NOT AGREE ON THE FORMATION OF THE MOON, BUT MANY BELIEVE IT WAS THE RESULT OF AN IMPACT BETWEEN EARTH AND ANOTHER PLANET
Many researchers believe the moon formed after the Earth was hit by a planet the size of Mars billions of years ago.
This is called a giant impact hypothesis.
The theory suggests that the moon is made up of leftover debris after a collision between our planet and a body about 4.5 billion years ago.
The crashing body is sometimes called Theia, in honor of the mythical Greek Titan who was the mother of Selene, the goddess of the moon.
Many researchers believe the moon formed after the Earth was hit by a planet the size of Mars billions of years ago. This is called a giant impact hypothesis
But a mystery has persisted, revealed by the rocks that Apollo astronauts brought back from the Moon: why are the Moon and Earth so similar in composition?
Over the years several different theories have emerged to explain the similar fingerprints of the Earth and the moon.
Perhaps the impact created a huge cloud of debris that completely mixed with the Earth and then condensed to form the moon.
Or Theia could have coincidentally been chemically similar to young Earth.
A third possibility is that the moon was formed from terrestrial materials, rather than from Theia, although this would have been a very unusual type of impact.