Artemis II astronaut snaps a 'stunning' photo of the Moon's surface using an iPhone 17 Pro Max — this is what you can get with 8x zoom (and an unparalleled view)

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• Artemis II astronauts have snapped the Moon with their iPhones
• The photos were shown off during a NASA livestream
• More images continue to be shared as the Orion spacecraft heads home

Having circled around the Moon, the crew of the Artemis II are now heading back home – and spectacular photos taken by the astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft, with their iPhone 17 Pro Max handsets, keep on coming.

This time, it's a picture of the lunar surface snapped by mission commander Reid Wiseman that we're marveling over. The image was shown off during a NASA livestream and posted to social media (via 9to5Google).

While the post below mentions the iPhone 17 Pro, we know that the astronauts were in fact given iPhone 17 Pro Max models, and those are ...