Clementine Collection

This image, captured by the Clementine UV/VIS camera, dramatically shows the unique capability of the Clementine image data to discriminate actual changes in mineralogy of the lunar surface. The colors in this mosaic are the result of a decorrelation color stretch of images at 415 nm, 750 nm, and 1000 nm. The color differences shown here result from varying rock types and "maturity" (relative age of exposure). Using similar methods, combining both image data of the NIR and UV/VIS cameras, many of the Moon's geologic secrets will be revealed for the first time. These color image data are a unique data set in the annals of planetary exploration. The width of the area in the image is about 45 km.

A high resolution image is also available. Warning: this image is very large (13 Mbytes).

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