Moon's Gamma-Ray Glow (Animated GIF) (IMAGE)
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These images show the steadily improving view of the Moon's gamma-ray glow from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Each 5-by-5-degree image is centered on the Moon and shows gamma rays with energies above 31 million electron volts, or tens of millions of times that of visible light. At these energies, the Moon is actually brighter than the Sun. Brighter colors indicate greater numbers of gamma rays. This image sequence shows how longer exposure, ranging from two to 128 months (10.7 years), improved the view.
View as animated GIF: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/fermi_moon.gif
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NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
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