The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Sunday shared a series of photographs and video captured as Chandrayaan-3 passed by the Moon, which showed the pockmarked surface of the earth's natural satellite from various angles.
The images show the craters on the lunar surface getting larger and larger as the spacecraft draws closer.
The South Pole of the Moon remains unexplored mainly due to its harsh environment; that part of the crater remained shrouded in a pitch-black shadow as sunlight has never reached it, and the temperature could be as low as minus 230-degrees Celsius.
The extreme cold temperatures here mean that anything trapped in the region would remain frozen in time without undergoing much change, which could provide scientists clues to the early Solar System.