The Moon
The Moon close enough to wander across it, crater by crater.
This photograph is also available in the shop as a full-resolution digital file.
Buy in the shopAbout 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
- Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer 10.0.26100.1882
Data from the original file’s metadata or from the author.