Astrophotographer Zachary Cooper created this magnificent view of March's first quarter moon, using clever editing to reveal dramatic detail and shadows on the sunlit side, while also capturing the ethereal glow of "earthshine" on its shadowed half. Here's how he did it.
Cooper set out to photograph the moon using an 80 millimeter (3.14 inch) refractor telescope and ZWO astronomy camera as it glowed half-lit in the skies above the city of Yorba Linda, California, on March 25.
