
Mineral Colors from the Near Side of the Moon
Eons of meteorite impacts on the lunar surface have left an amazing array of mineral deposits. Back in 1971, cartographers Don E. Wilhelms and John F. McCauley of the U.S. Geological Survey created a series of startlingly colorful lunar maps for NASA. The details below are from the Moon's near side. To see large and complete maps of the moon, see the
U.S. Geological Survey Website.
[Read the entire article in my guest blog at ColourLovers.com.]