10 most beautiful Moon maps over the ages

At each time corresponding to technological breakthroughs, scientists used the most advanced device to observe, redraw or capture the image of the Earth's Moon.

Scientists say they have kept all the images of the Moon since the invention of the telescope. Those priceless photos are the clearest evidence for the advancement of science and technology.

CNN gave 10 most beautiful Moon maps so far, each representing each corresponding time of scientific and technological development.

Picture of Galileo Galilei's drawing, 1610 - (Photo: CNN)

Galileo Galilei, who is said to be the "father of modern science" , was also the first to publish the Moon's drawing when looking through a telescope. The drawings were taken, published in the treatise Sidereus Nuncius, showing the surface of the Moon in different stages.

At that time, he described the surface of the Moon as sagging, challenging the theory of the Moon - and all other celestial bodies completely smooth and spherical.

The painting of the Moon by astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1651. He was also the first person to address deep pressure on the surface of the Moon - (Photo: CNN)

John Russell observed the Moon for 30 years, after which he created Selenographia in 1797, which showed subtle and artistic Moon details - (Photo: CNN)

This particular detailed map was produced by German astronomer Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich von Mädler, and only released a quadrant between 1834 and 1836 - (Photo: CNN)

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Walter Goodacre, who drew a detailed map of the Moon in 1910, based on his observations like looking through a telescope at home, he also references the current image of the Moon and observes others. To make your map as accurate as possible.

He was the president of the Moon Research Unit at the British Astronomical Society for 42 years, and published a Moon map book as well as describing the Moon's features.

In the 1960s, the US Geological Survey began a project to help with NASA's space exploration efforts.They published a geological 'illusion' map of the Moon - (Photo: CNN)

The Moon image was created by NASA by combining 15 images of the Moon taken by Galileo Orbiter in 1992. Different color filters show the composition of the soil on the Moon.The red area usually corresponds to the highlands, blue and orange indicating the ancient volcanic lava flow or the sea.Dark green areas contain more titanium than orange areas - (Photo: CNN)

The Moon map in 1999 was created by NASA, showing different gravitational differences in each area on the Moon's surface - (Photo: CNN)

Researchers from NASA Goddard Space Flight Institute, Brown and MIT University created the first map of the Moon's surface including all 5,185 large and small craters by 2010. It was created using more than 3 billion measurements from NASA's Reconnaissance Orbiter - (Photo: CNN)

The Moon map is the result of a collaboration between the Japanese National Observatory, Japanese geospatial information and the Japanese Expeditionary Space Agency.The map gives us a better idea of ​​how accurate the deep craters are to the Moon.The photo was taken in 2013 - (Photo: CNN)