Sacramento, California-based amateur astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy is a master of shooting amazing space photos from his own backyard, and he’s back again with this beautiful high-res photo of the moon created by combining 250,000 individual shots.
McCarthy uses a similar process for most of his work: he uses a $250 ZWO ASI224MC astro camera for […]. petapixel.com
A Chinese satellite currently orbiting the moon has captured a beautiful photo showing both the far side (AKA dark side) of the Moon as well as planet Earth in the background. The Dwingeloo Radio Observatory in the Netherlands reports that the photo was captured by China’s Longjiang-2 satellite on February 3rd, 2019. This photo of […] petapixel.com »
2019-02-05 22:48
China just became the first country to achieve a soft-landing on the far side of the moon after its Chang’e-4 probe landed at 2:30 AM Universal Time today. And shortly after landing, the probe sent back this first photo ever shot from the surface of the “dark side of the moon.” The photo shows the […] petapixel.com »
2019-01-03 21:56
Photo captured and shared by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has landed its Chang'e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon and sent back a photo captured from the surface. dpreview.com »
2019-01-03 19:56
Say hello to my nephew as Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask with the Sailor Soldiers. #babycosplay This session was first in the works back in the 90's when me and sister were just little kids. We fell in love with a show called Sailor Moon. boredpanda.com »
2017-10-12 01:15
During the Great American Eclipse, L. Paul Verhage sent up a high-altitude balloon in Eastern Oregon and captured this beautiful photo of the moon’s full shadow passing across the landscape towards the horizon. petapixel.com »
2017-09-22 17:42
Sacramento-based astrophotography enthusiast Andrew McCarthy extracted color data from 150,000 photos of the moon to create this enhanced photo showing all the different splashes of color on the surface left by impacts of different minerals.