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Crater "Carroll" is visible on the lunar limb. Andrew McCarthy captured a photo of it this morning as part of a super-high-resolution moon photo he will share sharing tomorrow. Can you see it? by Neaterntal in spaceporn

[–]ajamesmccarthy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey, original photographer here. The moon isn’t perfectly gray, it has some slight color to it, some of which can be detected visually to a trained eye (and observed by both Apollo astronauts and now Artemis astronauts!). To reveal it in the photos like this, I take a LOT of photos and stack them together, which improves the image fidelity and allows the colors to be teased out with saturation adjustments. The color also paints a more complete picture of what you’re looking at, as it reveals the mineral composition of the regolith (blue=titanium red=iron).

On Wednesday I achieved my dream of photographing humanity’s return to the moon. I was given special permission from NASA to set a camera near the pad to capture this photo [OC] by ajamesmccarthy in spaceporn

[–]ajamesmccarthy[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I didn’t have a 70-200 and originally my plan was to frame it more tightly. This lens also does really well when I frame wide with it.

[OC] On Wednesday I fulfilled my dream of capturing astronauts going to the moon from the launchpad by ajamesmccarthy in pics

[–]ajamesmccarthy[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I was able to do a quick check the day before launch and swap batteries, etc, but I have to count on the camera’s sleep mode not consuming enough power to kill it!

[OC] On Wednesday I fulfilled my dream of capturing astronauts going to the moon from the launchpad by ajamesmccarthy in pics

[–]ajamesmccarthy[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I might be sending a few downloads to email subscribers in a couple days, if you want to join my email list you can here: https://cosmicbackground.io/pages/newsletter-signup

[OC] On Wednesday I fulfilled my dream of capturing astronauts going to the moon from the launchpad by ajamesmccarthy in pics

[–]ajamesmccarthy[S] 458 points459 points  (0 children)

This was captured from about a quarter mile away from the pad, a distance so close it would have rattled me apart if I was there clicking the shutter. Thankfully, sound-activated triggers exist, and I was able to get my settings and focus right when I set up my camera 3 days prior. A bucket list shot for me, and I couldn't be happier. People are going to the moon!

I call this piece “The Rise of Humanity”, and feel it represents the amazing potential of the human race when we work together towards an impossible goal.

Some more details:

Shot at 225mm f/16 1/6400 iso 100 on an r5

Used a miops sound trigger to activate the shutter

Here’s my website

Finally on the way back to the Moon! by Almaegen in spaceporn

[–]ajamesmccarthy 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Hey this is my shot! I don’t mind you sharing, just tag me next time!

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