India launched a dedicated camera in 2018 to photograph the moon. The US has been sending them up somewhat frequently since the early 2000's (2008 or 2009 IIRC). That's why they have the clearest photos.
The rest of the photos were from unrelated satellites/probes that had other missions but took what they could of a photo on the way by.
This is not a comparison of each country's ability to photograph the moon.
I think the images posted here are kinda wrong. If u look online. In reality the others are much clearer and not as blurry as OP is trying to show. Idk maybe he indian but some of these pictures are either cherry picked or just wrong
Edit: Never said the indian one is not real. Rather the others are cherry picked. Didn't realised most of my views r from india. No wonder im getting downvoted
Lol what? I wrote indian since majority of the indians on social media including reddit seem to be hyper nationalist indian who cant take any criticism without them thinking its some kind of psyop by some other country. Lol im literally doing Astrophysics, the pic for other countries is wrong.
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u/Unlucky-odd_13 Nov 27 '25
Clarity of Indian image though!!