{"id":142455,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/142455-moon-in-inverted-colors","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/142455","headline":"Moon in Inverted Colors","content":"\u003cp\u003eNASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhich moon is this? It's Earth's moon -- but in inverted colors. Here, the pixel values corresponding to light and dark areas have been translated in reverse, or inverted, producing a false-color representation reminiscent of a black and white photographic negative.  However, this is an inverted color image -- where the muted colors of the moon are real but digitally exaggerated before inversion.  Normally bright rays from the large crater Tycho dominate the southern (bottom) features as easily followed dark green lines emanating from the 85-kilometer diameter impact site.  Normally dark lunar mare appear light and silvery.  The image was acquired in Southend-on-Sea, England, UK.  Historically, astronomical images recorded on photographic plates were directly examined on inverted-color negatives because it helped the eye pick out faint details.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto by Dawid Glawdzin\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\n\nWhich moon is this? It's Earth's moon -- but in inverted colors. Here, the pixel values corresponding to light and dark areas have been translated in reverse, or inverted, producing a false-color representation reminiscent of a black and white photographic negative.  However, this is an inverted color image -- where the muted colors of the moon are real but digitally exaggerated before inversion.  Normally bright rays from the large crater Tycho dominate the southern (bottom) features as easily followed dark green lines emanating from the 85-kilometer diameter impact site.  Normally dark lunar mare appear light and silvery.  The image was acquired in Southend-on-Sea, England, UK.  Historically, astronomical images recorded on photographic plates were directly examined on inverted-color negatives because it helped the eye pick out faint details.\n\n\n\nPhoto by Dawid Glawdzin","published_at":"2022-03-08T12:16:01-08:00","updated_at":"2024-06-25T09:36:37-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Specola","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Specola on Kudos 365. View their photo published Mar/08/2022 on Science - Tech - Astronomy. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/097bcd82-83fa-473f-8489-425d45e97458.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":6,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/142455-moon-in-inverted-colors","headline":"Moon in Inverted Colors","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/097bcd82-83fa-473f-8489-425d45e97458.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Specola","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"datePublished":"2022-03-08T12:16:01-08:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":6}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}]}}