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MoonPies resemble lunar landscapes in ads shot with a NASA-grade camera

Large billboard ad on a red brick wall showing an extreme close-up of a chocolate MoonPie with text reading: “THE CLOSEST IMAGE EVER TAKEN OF THE MOON... PIE.” At bottom right, it says “Shot with camera technology used by NASA” next to a MoonPie logo.
Tombras used a Hasselblad HD 50C camera and a special macro lens to get the shots. (MoonPie)
TN
By:
Tim Nudd
April 09, 2025 10:00 AM

You don’t want to look too closely at some snack food. But doing so with MoonPie reveals an uncanny truth about the product: Its chocolatey surface actually looks a lot like a lunar landscape.

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