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False-color map of Ceres

False-color map of Ceres
False-color map of Ceres This false-color map of Ceres was constructed using images taken in the first mapping cycle at an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). It combines pictures taken in filters that admit light in what the human eye perceives as violet (440 nanometers), near the limit of visible red (750 nanometers), and invisible infrared (920 nanometers). Because humans are so good at processing visual information, depictions such as this are a helpful way to highlight and illustrate variations in the composition or other properties of the material on Ceres’ surface. Full image and caption. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA