Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Moon Crescent - False Color Mosaic.jpg

Moon Crescent - False Color Mosaic[edit]

A stunning false color photo taken by the Galileo orbiter in 1992 highlighting the geologic features of the moon. Used in Geology of the Moon. Personally, (KNHaw ^(talk) ) I like how it takes something that is well known to the viewer and hints at the hidden complexity beneath.

Nominated by: KNHaw ^(talk) 18:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

I love it! However, the edges of the moon need to be anti-aliased, and I'm curious about the upper right edge of the image. Why is a slice only in grey scale? Would the image be better without that? Also, there appears to be different color-balance in different sections of the image (imperfect stitching, I guess). With these issues fixed I'd gladly nominate this to be a featured picture. Also, I think the title of this nomination is a bit misleading; to me, a crescent of the moon is what I see reflected from the earth; only part of this image is from the earth-side of the moon, and it isn't reflected sunlight. Enuja (talk) 21:40, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I tweaked the aliasing and added a comment in the picture comment about the monochrome band on the right. I'm afraid the color balance issues are pretty much beyond my GIMP skills. --KNHaw ^(talk) 23:52, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seconder:

I've just nominated it on featured picture candidates. Enuja (talk) 00:59, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]