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Twoastrophotographers have just dropped what they call the most detailed picture of the Moon they have ever taken, the result of a two years and over 200,000 frames effort.
Humans have looked up and seen the same thing in the night sky for thousands of years. Andrew McCarthy is a space photography enthusiast.
You can see the Moon in red and blue when you look at it from the right. McCarthy explained to viewers that the red patches were caused by the oxidation of iron and strontium from Earth.
McCarthy gave the image a saturation boost to bring out the colors in all their glory because our eyes aren't sensitive enough to see the true colors of the moon.
McCarthy takes detailed photographs of the lunar surface, taking tens of thousands of pictures. The color buff we have to thank is the planetary scientist and deep space photographer named Matherne.
The masterpiece consists of more than 200,000 images taken over the course of a single night and stacked together.
McCarthy told NPR that the whole thing was assembled like a mosaic and each tile was made up of thousands of pictures.
The pair have excelled themselves and given NASA a run for its money.
Their artistic effort was inspired by another NASA mission that will return humans to the moon for the first time in 42 years.
McCarthy said the image was a love letter to the upcoming Artemis 1 mission.
An uncrewed test flight of the Space Launch System will be the first major milestone in that mission.
Artemis missions plan on landing astronauts near the moon.
McCarthy and Matherne have previously given us jaw-dropping photos of the Moon and other heavenly bodies.
My photo of the Trifid Nebula, a small nebula located 4,000 light years away.
While technical details are cool and all, I think it looks like forbidden cotton candy and I really haven't gotten past that. pic.twitter.com/x25HbS0DOo
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