Many Moon photos are actually color images! Unfortunately, unlike the planets, the Moon’s surface has no brightly colored areas. Most of its color is a mix of dark browns, grays, or black.

Moon's decision to shoot in black-and-white has produced striking results. "There's a lot of distraction with colour," she says. "What I'm looking for in the trees is geometry of form.

Danuri, a portmanteau of the Korean words for 'moon' and 'enjoy', was launched on a SpaceX rocket from the US in August 2022 and entered lunar orbit last month.

These detailed black and white images were snapped by the Orion spacecraft's onboard optical navigation camera on day 6 of the mission, the same day it performed a crucial engine burn.. Orion is ...