- Original Caption Released with Image:
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On the left, a portion of the first image cube measured by NASA’s Moon
Mineralogy Mapper on board the Indian Space Research Organization’s
Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft on Nov. 19, 2008 shows the crater Harpalus north
of Mare Imbrium. The rainbow-colored panels to the top and right of each
image represent the different reflected light, or spectral, signatures
that underlie every point in the image. These signatures allow
determination of the surface composition. The image cube on the right was
measured on Feb. 5, 2009 and includes the Apollo 15 landing site adjacent
to the feature Hadley Rille.
- 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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