An astrophotographer took 50 thousand ultra-clear photographs of the Moon and compiled them into one photo. Look at it right now!

Thanks to its short distance from Earth, the Moon shone even brighter and was larger in size than usual.

McCarthy took 50 thousand photographs in California. Of these, he collected one photo with a resolution of 81 megapixels.

The sources and snapshot in the super resolution can be viewed on McCarthy’s Reddit page.

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I created an 81 megapixel image of Tuesdays moon.This is a reprocess of the one I posted on Wednesday, which had significant noise I tried to disguise as stars. If you want to download the high resolution version for a phone or computer background, follow the link in my bio to my Reddit, where I just posted one to r/space. Same link if you want to buy a print. . . . . . . #orion #skywatcher #skywatchertelescope #oriontelescopes #Astrophotography #NIGHTPHOTOGRAPHY #SPACE #SONYALPHA7II #SLYPARK #SLYPARK #SLYPARK Images #nightphotography #sacramramentophotographer #MateuraStronomy #MateuraStrophotography #MateUrastronomer #spacenerd #Sastarrynight #MIMIL Kyway #nightshooters #universe #telescope #astrophotographer #stargazers #deepspace #lunar #moon #earthshine

A post shared by Andrew McCarthy (@cosmic_background) on Feb 16, 2019 at 4:00 pm PST