It was 52 years ago today that astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon. Their photographs of the moon, and others taken since then, have become commonplace. But for Moon Day—the annual celebration of that first lunar landing—let"s take a close look at this extraordinary image of Earth"s only natural satellite. Prathamesh Jaju, age 16, of Pune, India, worked for over 40 hours stitching together this detailed photograph from more than 50,000 images he took of the moon"s surface. Jaju, who describes himself as an "amateur astrophotographer," used an automated telescope to track the moon"s movements over a four-hour period in May 2021. The result is this highly detailed portrait showing the moon"s craters, textures, shadows, and colors. While this image may be as close as we ever get to the moon, at least we know we"ll never gaze at it the same way again.
Fly me to the moon
Today in History
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Traditional red fishermens cabins, Reine, Norway
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Cross this bridge if you dare
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Casting a vote for women s history
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World Rainforest Day
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International Polar Bear Day
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An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
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Legacy mural in Philadelphia
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Celebrating migrations
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An inland ocean
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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World of WearableArt Awards
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Sunrise at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Cetacean Saturday
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Get amped for Glastonbury
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Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana
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‘Hello’ from zero degrees longitude
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Fallen but not forgotten
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
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Sparkling ice diamonds on a black sandy beach
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Fall comes to the Last Frontier
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A triumph of light
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World Sea Turtle Day
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Hohenzollern Castle near Stuttgart, Germany
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A meerkat stands alone
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3,000 years of history
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Fall for Chile
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So, how long till springtime?