The Moon's edge against a blue sky
Craters near the Moon's edge in unusual blue tones.
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Near the edge of the lunar disc we see the landscape at a very low angle, so craters appear as flattened ovals. The Moon is on average 384,400 km from Earth.
How the image was made
- Processing
- Adobe Lightroom 8.5.1 (Windows)
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