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
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Zion National Park, Utah
-
Celebrating World Wildlife Day
-
Sitka shines on Alaska Day
-
White Desert National Park, Egypt
-
Cetacean Saturday
-
Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
-
International Museum Day
-
Does this shark have an Irish accent?
-
Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
-
Negratín Reservoir, Granada, Spain
-
Memorial Day
-
Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
-
Wartburg Castle overlooking Thuringian Forest in Germany
-
Best. Holiday. Ever.
-
International Day of Peace
-
A look at Uranus, seventh planet from the sun
-
Dance of the egret
-
Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
-
Super sandy Sweet 16
-
Visiting a Maratha fortress
-
Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Arkansas
-
A red fox on the Swiss side of the Jura Mountain range
-
Victory in Europe, 75 years ago
-
Let’s celebrate
-
Pretty poetic for a pit
-
Cherry blossom season in Tokyo
-
Steyr River, Austria
-
75th anniversary of the Spruce Goose
-
Poppies in bloom
-
Tall, taller, tallest