Time to refresh your wallpaper: This is the most detailed image of the Moon  

Composition of 200,000 photos

Two astrophotographers have joined forces to create the most detailed photograph of the Moon to date. Their effort took 200,000 frames and about two years to complete. But the result will satisfy everyone, since we can spend hours staring at the 174 megapixels of amazing details of the surface of our natural satellite.

The shades of red and blue are striking, the former being deposits of iron and feldspar that were oxidized by oxygen atoms that came from Earth. The colors may appear toned, however they are accurate, our eyes just aren’t sensitive enough to pick up the tones so Andrew McCarthy increased the saturation.

All this was put together like a mosaic and each piece consists of thousands of photos. The image is a love confession to the upcoming Artemis I mission, the first rocket launch to the Moon in 50 years.

On August 29, the first unmanned test of the Space Launch System (SLS), a powerful rocket that will bring humans to the surface of the Moon in the coming years, will take place.