
Radiating out across the lunar surface, the spray of debris from meteor impacts on the moon can be clearly seen in these super detailed images of our natural satellite.

Polish astrophotographer Bartosz Wojczyski, 25, stitched together 32,000 separate images of the moon to create one of the highest resolution images of its barren surface ever produced

The images reveal the pockmarked surface – scarred by millions of impacts from meteorites – in astonishing detail.

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The image above was created by stitching together 32,000 separate photographs of the moon taken over half an hour to produce one of the most detailed pictures of the lunar surface ever produced, revealing details like the debris thrown out from impact craters

The dark patterns of the moon’s ‘seas’ – enormous basalt plains that were formed by ancient volcanic eruptions – also stand out in hues of blue and brown.

But perhaps the most dramatic features to be revealed by the 73.4 gigabyte images are the scatter of impact debris thrown own from the largest and youngest craters on its surface.

Among those can be seen is the famous Tycho crater, which was named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, towards the southern pole of the moon.

The patterns produced by light reflecting off basalt flows from ancient volcanic eruptions can be seen in the image on the left while the scars left by millions of meteorite impacts through the moon's history can also be seen in the image on the right

Mr Wojczynski used specialised telescopic equipment to capture the image, shown above slightly shrouded in shadow on one side

With an estimated age of 108 million years old, samples from this crater were recovered during the Apollo 16 mission.

The distinctive spokes that extend out from it reach up to 932 miles (1,500km) long.

Mr Wojczynski used specialised equipment worth $3,500 to capture the images over half an hour from his balcony in Piekary Iskie, Poland.

He then spent six hours combining the photographs to produce the final image.