Never before has the moon been so beautiful. Here is the last photo from NASA

We love NASA for amazed us with wonderful images of various nooks and crannies of the Universe. Whether it’s amazing Mars landscapes or dreamy nebulae, we won’t miss any of them if we keep track of NASA’s social media. The last feast for our eyes is this “false color mosaic” photo constructed from a series of 53 images. Guess which planet it is? No, it’s not a planet at all. The photo on Instagram is of our Moon.

“Our Galileo spacecraft took this false color mosaic, constructed from a series of 53 images, as the spacecraft zoomed into the northern regions of our Moon on December 7, 1992. The spacecraft was en route to Jupiter “, said Nasa.

Splashes of color all over the Moon represent different characteristics of these areas. The bright pink areas that span the region represent the highlands. They surround the oval-shaped “crisis impact basin” that can be seen at the bottom. Ancient lava activity is represented by shades ranging from blue to orange.

The dark blue stretch at the bottom is Mare Tranquillitatis, where Apollo 11 landed. It represents an area richer in titanium than the green and orange areas elsewhere. The light blue color represents a soil rich in minerals. These are associated with recent impacts from meteorites or asteroids. The brightest sparks of blue light come from the youngest craters.

The Galileo probe orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003 and fed our scientists many discoveries. The probe, named after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilee who discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons, indicated that the planet’s icy moon Europa could nest an ocean below its surface. The NASA legend mentioned Juno, the successor mission to Galileo which is currently exploring the planet “to help us understand the origins of our solar system”.

Instagram users love this colorful image of the Moon. The post received over 20,000,000 likes and over 7,000 comments. Many have left red heart and eye-heart emojis.

“It’s a moon pie,” wrote one marveling user. “I’m screaming. It’s amazing,” wrote another who couldn’t hold back his excitement.

One user commented to remind us of the time that has passed since the photos were taken in 1992: “I was exactly 8 months (+1 day) when this photo was taken.”

Here is the message from NASA:

We will all agree that the Moon has never looked so beautiful in a photo.

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