A waxing Moon with craters along the terminator, portrait view.
The Moon, portrait · © Martin Hudec

Sun, Moon & planets

The Moon, portrait

The same Moon, turned into a vertical format.

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About the object

The Moon is on average 384,400 km away – its light reaches us in about 1.3 seconds. The dark areas we call seas are plains of solidified lava. The brighter highlands are densely cratered; on a world without air or weather, craters survive for billions of years.

How the image was made

Captured
5 September 2023
Processing
Topaz Photo AI 1.5.4

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