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:
-
The Great Glen
-
Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
-
International Museum Day
-
Sandstone formations in the badlands near Caineville, Utah
-
Take the stairs
-
A big birthday for Big Bend
-
You re feeling sleepy
-
Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
-
Labor Day parade in 1915 Chicago
-
Pont dArcole over the Seine river, Paris, France
-
Lake Tyrrell, Victoria, Australia
-
Happy birthday, Saguaro National Park
-
Happy Halloween!
-
Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia
-
Glastonbury Festival begins
-
Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
-
Moon Day
-
National Mushroom Month
-
International Day of Forests
-
International Archaeology Day
-
Italy s submerged village
-
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
-
Feeling chic on Fashion Week
-
Burrowing owls
-
Kiteboarding and windsurfing in Croatia
-
Jazzed for Mardi Gras
-
Aloe in bloom
-
Castle Square, Old Town, Warsaw, Poland
-
The Great Blue Hole, Belize
-
The city of Osaka at night, Japan