05/09/2023
This photo got past me but wow. Prathamesh Jaju, a 16-year-old from Pune, India, captured this extremely detailed image of the moon by combining 50,000 different photos!
He told Newsweek that the image is a composite that took more than 50,000 shots and over 40 hours to create. The crystal clear photograph uses components of thousands of shots taken over a four-hour period.
The photo shows craters, textures, dips, shadows, and a variety of colors among other details the naked human eye isn't able to see.
He said he taught himself astrophotography by watching Youtube videos.
Jaju said he has been receiving calls from notable photographers and requests for prints from all around the world since this original post.