[petuniasevan]

Our moon only reflects 7-10% of the light that hits it. Its surface is the color of a half-used charcoal briquet.

Io's surface is much more reflective. Its surface is pale yellow/white from sulfur dioxide.

[mikrofon]

That's OK, I prefer the smell of cheese to rotten eggs anyway... ;^)

It's a good thing for astro viewing that the moon's albedo isn't 8-10x greater -- even a relatively thin crescent would obliterate much of the deep sky stuff.

Neat pic as always!