How many times have you gazed at the moon trying to see each crater? Most people think that this is impossible without a powerful telescope or direct travel to the satellite, but technology proves otherwise.
NASA Imaging Master Sean Doran has combined images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to create something incredible - a 100-megapixel photo of the Moon, which he posted on his "space" Flickr page.
One LRO WAC image has a resolution of 100 meters per pixel and covers about 60 km of the lunar surface. The images were taken from a vertical angle, so to get the shape of the moon globe, Doran had to plot them on the sphere using the altimeter data. As a result, he got an image, increasing the scale of which, you can observe all the richness of the detailing of the lunar relief.
Download the image to see all the details. Its full size is 15.5 MB.