The Waning Moon Wall Art including Frame canvas " said lead investigator Amy

" said lead investigator Amy Simon of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt

The brightly glowing plumes seen in this image are reminiscent of an underwater scene

Credit: ESO/IDA/Danish 1

Color is representational: blue and cyan represent infrared light at wavelengths of 3

an iron-oxide mineral

The Waning Moon Wall Art including Frame canvas " said lead investigator AmyA series of short exposures through a near infrared filtre was obtained of the waning Moon at sunrise on January 12 (at about 10 hrs UT), i. e. about 5 days before New Moon (24. 3 days "old"). As can be seen in the image, the edge of the full field of view is about the size of the diameter of the Moon. Several 0. 1 sec exposures were made through a near infrared filtre (856 nm; FWHM 14 nm) with small offsets were recombined (to cover the gaps between