What the Moon’s colors really looked like

59:01are the presence of distinct minerals. >> That's I I just so for >> But this is kind of what humans would see. >> This is for those listening it kind of basically looks like Earth in the top third. >> That's the near side of the moon. >> Yeah. >> with the mare >> oceans like grass you know a little bit of land and then it's just all the moon white that you think of. If that's literally what they're seeing yeah, >> literally what they're seeing Because their human eyes are so good. That's >> And this this was also reported by the Apollo astronauts. >> Also fair. Yeah. >> So this is not new. But again, it just goes to show just how good the human eye is. >> And also the difference between the

59:41instruments we build to perceive the world versus our perception of the world and the delta or distance between those two things. You know, and and what that means for how cuz this goes back to like how do you interpret the data? >> Mhm. >> Right? >> Yeah. >> And so this is an example of saying hey the camera is not how people see. >> Yeah. >> Right? And then but people are like, well, why are you manipulating it after the fact? Because the instrument is not a human eye. >> No, it's not. >> And so we're trying to translate from English to French. >> Yeah. >> Right? And and yeah, there might be some subtle differences, but fundamentally where you're born, what you what's my name, all translates. I I I think it's

1:00:22an important >> Yeah. >> note that that part of the reason we have to take instrument data and interpolate it is because we don't have the way to perceive it as the machine in which we got to capture the data perceives it. >> Exactly. And that's why I kind of wanted to linger on this point about the human >> Yeah. >> eye and the difference between the human eye and the camera. Because I think it is a very important point and they made it abundantly clear on the live stream. The mission control and the science team was asking them >> Yeah. >> over and over like describe what you're seeing. Put put it down on the iPad. We gave you iPads. Like put it down, you know? Um there was this really funny part where um commander not commander Weisman, I think

1:01:04it was Jeremy Hansen was describing how the hues are changing as they change angle around the moon of these mare, right? And the the mission control was just like, you need to be a bit more descriptive here. Because we're all we're all like waiting by baited breath and the photos are not showing. You need to be more like I need I need you to stop because you know, when you're there, dude, imagine you're on you're seeing the moon for the first time like >> it was handsome this is his first time. >> Yeah, and it's handsome's first time in space and he's seeing the moon and like you're going to be overcome with just like loss for words. >> Right. >> And and mission control is like you need a lock in, bro. Like

1:01:44>> Lock in. >> Lock in. This is all we we got like we got this is all we got. >> Right. >> We got one flyby like if you if you're seeing stuff you need to explain stuff. And he's the actual one who actually brought up the six bright flashes. >> Mhm. >> So, you know, he's doing his job really well. I'm just saying like when you're up there >> Yeah. >> you know, and you're kind of overwhelmed with what you're seeing. >> 100%. >> time there's all these scientists on the ground being like I need my data. Right? I'm trying to publish, bro. You know? >> As per my last email. >> As per my last email, please provide more verbose description.