Space Facts@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago48 different colors of the moonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up11file-text
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minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoPurple moon?! The moon can turn purple?!
minus-squareTwoTiredMice@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoPerhaps it’s due to Rayleigh scattering? The same that causes the sky to became purple
minus-squarebrillotti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoAll those photos are taken from Earth, and its atmospheric conditions filter the color of the light reflected off the Moon.
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoWhite balance setting on the camera probably explains it to some degree as well
Purple moon?! The moon can turn purple?!
Perhaps it’s due to Rayleigh scattering? The same that causes the sky to became purple
All those photos are taken from Earth, and its atmospheric conditions filter the color of the light reflected off the Moon.
The unromantic space moons
White balance setting on the camera probably explains it to some degree as well