Moon, south side (USGS/Rich Kozak)

About Astrogeology

Atlases of Space Why is mars red, yellow, and blue? Where does the face on the moon come from? The relationship of some scientists to the moon and mars is like hippies to their old VW buses: You can’t really love them because they are far too uncomfortable, but you give them a motley cover of paint anyway. The motivation behind both of these creative acts is that of classification: in the case of astrogeological maps the differentiation and the evolutionary history of the planet’s rock is made clear. The maps – like the hippie movement – are historical. They were developed from 1971 through 1998 on NASA’s behalf and present the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS)… Read more