- Original Caption Released with Image:
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This is an early mineral map derived from the different reflected light, or
spectral, signatures, measured by NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper on board the
Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. The green,
purple and blue areas are covered with iron-rich lava flows. These are
similar to the lava flows of Hawaii. The red and pink regions contain the
mineral plagioclase. Plagioclase is one of the minerals found in granite
rocks on Earth, such as the granite of Yosemite National Park.
- Image Credit:
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ISRO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Brown Univ.
Image Addition Date:
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2009-09-24
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