Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Peering into lunar permanently shadowed regions with deep learning

  • V. T. Bickel,
  • B. Moseley,
  • I. Lopez-Francos,
  • M. Shirley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25882-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Some regions on the Moon are permanently covered in shadow and are therefore extremely difficult to see into. We develop a deep learning driven algorithm which enhances images of these regions, allowing us to see inside them with high resolution for the first time.