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This spectacular photo of the moon is actually a a mosaic of 15 different images stitched together, and shows the true hues of the moon. The images were taken by an 8.2 megapixel camera hooked up to a 10 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Most pictures of the moon we see in books and magazines are desaturated ones, that is, pictures that have been completly converted to black and white. However, original photos display slight differences in the hues of the gray material of the moon's surface. Given that the moon is made of of a multitude of different materials, we can assume that the moon is much more colorful than we see it. By enhancing the color saturation in an image editing program, such as Photoshop, we can really see the differences in hues of the moon, as exemplified by this huge image. Photos like this are impossible to see, even with telescopes.