Composition of the Earthshine (IMAGE) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Caption Composition of the earthshine, the light reflected from the Earth to the night-time face of the Moon, and the figure showing the monthly mean apparent albedo anomalies from December 1998 through December 2014. Anomalies were calculated over the mean of the full period, positive anomalies are shown in red and negative in blue. Averaged standard deviation (error) of the monthly data is also indicated in the lower right corner for simplicity. Only months with at least 5 nights of observations are shown. From November 2005 to August 2006 several months of earthshine data are missing due to the replacement of the dome of the solar telescope, while the new automated telescope under a separate dome was not yet operational. Credit Daniel López/IAC. Usage Restrictions Documents and materials on the IAC website are copyright of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. Use for commercial and publicity purposes is not authorised. Text and images may only be reproduced with the prior express permission of the Science Communication and Education Unit of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. To request permission: Include the address of the image (or information about it) in a request addressed to the Head of the Communication and Scientific Culture Unit (secUC3@iac.es) explaining what the image will be used for. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.