American photographer clicks the most detailed image of moon

The most detailed image of the moon has surfaced on social media. American astrophotographer Andre McCarthy made the claim after sharing a photo in which the moon's surface is seen in high-quality detail.

He used 280,000 individual photos to create one image. "Using two telescopes and over 280,000 individual photos, I captured my most detailed image of our moon. The full size is over a gigapixel. Trust me, you'll want to zoom in on this one," he wrote.

He added that he has been working on this image for two weeks and warned that downloading the full-size image will be a heavy task for the computer. "If you want to download the full-size image, just beware: it may break your computer."

"Since such a large image is rather difficult to appreciate in a downsized version on Twitter, I have a link on my website that allows you to zoom into the image in its entirety. Or, you can pick up one of my limited edition fine art prints!" he tweeted while sharing a video of zooming into the image that shows the craters on the moon's surface. The blue, grey, and white shades are also visible.

Yesterday, he teased the image by tweeting "the clearest photo of the moon". He also posted a photo of a crater on the moon. Recalling another photo he took two years ago, he said: "This was the photo called “the clearest ever” I shot in 2020. It wasn’t, btw, just a unique take on combining multiple phases. It’s only 1 megapixel. Needless to say, GigaMoon blows it out of the water. I’ll share it widely tomorrow!"