The surface of the moon there is so reflective it looks like snow.
Can you imagine what an eerie, dreamy landscape that must’ve looked with the black sky and the barren snowy looking surface of the moon.
The moon is covered with titanium dioxide which is also used to make white paint.
From wiki
>>Titanium dioxide, also known as titanium(IV) oxide or titania, is the naturally occurring oxide of titanium, chemical formula TiO
2. When used as a pigment, it is called titanium white, Pigment White 6 (PW6), or CI 77891.