APOD: 2021 August 31 - A Blue Moon in Exaggerated Colors

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Tuesday, August 31, 2021 entitled "A Blue Moon in Exaggerated Colors."

I imagine lustful folks in hopes of extracting precious metals from the moon might be drooling at this colorized image Sgt (Join to see) Many national leaders would love to draw the moon's wealth into their sphere of influence. Warren Zevon - They Moved the Moon seems fittings for a parody of their intensions:-)

The blue moon is referred to as Harvest Moon in song.

Image: A Blue Moon in Exaggerated Colors - Image Credit & Copyright - Robert Fedez

APOD Background
"Explanation: The Moon is normally seen in subtle shades of grey or gold. But small, measurable color differences have been greatly exaggerated to make this telescopic, multicolored, moonscape captured during the Moon's full phase. The different colors are recognized to correspond to real differences in the chemical makeup of the lunar surface. Blue hues reveal titanium rich areas while orange and purple colors show regions relatively poor in titanium and iron. The familiar Sea of Tranquility, or Mare Tranquillitatis, is the blue area toward the upper right. White lines radiate across the orange-hued southern lunar highlands from 85-kilometer wide ray-crater Tycho at bottom right. The full moon that occurred earlier this month could be counted as a seasonal blue moon because it was, unusually, the third of four full moons to occur during northern summer (and hence southern winter). The featured 272-image composite demonstrates that the full Moon is always blue, but usually not blue enough in hue to ooh."

Carson Peters and Ricky Skaggs Blue Moon of Kentucky Live at the Grand Ole Opry Opry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-elzghJoZs

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Great Artical !
Thank's for sharing !

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price The picture on the site is striking so I screen shot it. Speaking of Titanium, no wonder different countries are jostling to take control of, and mine, such heavenly bodies as these.
“Titanium can be alloyed with iron, aluminium, vanadium, and molybdenum, among other elements, to produce strong, lightweight alloys for aerospace (jet engines, missiles, and spacecraft), military, industrial processes (chemicals and petrochemicals, desalination plants, pulp, and paper), automotive, agriculture (farming), medical prostheses, orthopedic implants, dental and endodontic instruments and files, dental implants, sporting goods, jewelry, mobile phones, and other applications.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium)