This spectacular image of the moon's surface is the combination of 100,000 photos

If, by chance, you happened to miss seeing the glorious first quarter Moon of 2020, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy's got you covered.

In one of his most detailed images to date, the Moon enthusiast has managed to capture Earth's only natural satellite in absolutely brilliant detail.

All it took was a blend of 100,000 photos to cut through the fuzziness of our "turbulent atmosphere" and reveal our neighbour's true skin.

In the spectacular images shared by McCarthy, every shadow, volcano, crevice, and lava flow stands out. Even the colours are real, uncovered by variations in the Moon's composition.

"This first quarter Moon also is one of the best for showing crater detail," explains McCarthy on his Instagram, "as the long shadows [along] the terminator really make the details pop".

The brightest and largest object in our night sky never looked quite so sharp.

McCarthy sells prints at his online store.

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By Carly Cassella / Science Alert Journalist

Carly Cassella is a Journalist at ScienceAlert. A science reporter with a background in neuroscience, she’s especially comfortable writing about health and medicine, but also loves covering nature, space, and the environment.

Carly cut her journalistic teeth at Farrago magazine whilst studying as an undergraduate at the University of Melbourne. Here, she received the nickname “Nat Geo”, and also the Fitzpatrick Award for Science Communication.

Previously, she worked at the International Federation of Journalists in Brussels, where she gained the utmost respect for war correspondents. Since then, she has worked in award-winning podcast production, taught a class on science writing at the 2018 March for Science conference, and written multiple YouTube scripts with millions of views.

Carly currently lives in Seattle, where she enjoys clamming, oystering, fern-ing and pretending she knows how to identify birds and stars.

Twitter: @carlycassella

(Source: sciencealert.com; January 9, 2020; https://tinyurl.com/sovo9qx)
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