2021 August 31 - A Blue Moon in Exaggerated Colors
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2021-08-31

In today's image, we see a blue moon - defined to be the third full moon in a season that happens to have four full moons. The colors have been greatly exaggerated to show differences in composition on our Moon's surface.

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