Covering an area “roughly equivalent to a grain of sand held at arms length”, and yet the physics involved mean that there are some lensing effects causing things to appear closer apparently.

I’m starting to think that photographing the primeval chaos predating our own planet isn’t so simple.

When a non-astronomer sees this picture, their attention is immediately drawn to the spikes. That’s why it’s great that this article also explains the diffraction spikes.