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by CrimsonCape 69 days ago
Yes, if I recall correctly there was a Japanese high-res satellite sent to the moon which took images of earth on the way and then took "high def" images of the moon. That was 2007. So "high def" is like 1080i lol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE#/media/File:Earth_at_11...