Artist enhanced reflection of Buzz Aldrin's helmet in famous moon photo and pointed towards one detail

An artist has taken it upon himself to enhance the details in one of the most famous pictures of all time.

While many remember Neil Armstrong for taking the first steps on the Moon, it's easy to forget that Buzz Aldrin was the subject in one of the most memorable snaps in the history of the human race.

Unfortunately, a minority may believe that the moon landing was fake, as conspiracy theorists over the years have chosen not to accept the historic event, for whatever reason.

Scientists have worked hard in the decades since the first landing to gather information about our sole Moon, and while our knowledge about it may have increased, the photos taken on its surface haven't got any better.

It also doesn't help that humans last stepped on the Moon in December 1972.

But now, one 'digital archaeologist' on Reddit has gone out of his way to find more details in these existing NASA images.

Michael Ranger began his journey with the photo above, taken by Commander Neil Armstrong of Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin.

Unfortunately, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins was made to man Apollo 11 and remain in lunar orbit while his colleagues explored the Moon and collected samples.

If you look closely, you can see the reflection of Armstrong in the visor, as well as our own planet - if you squint hard enough.

So, how did Ranger do it?

It gives us a brand new perspective to what Aldrin was looking at (Michael Ranger)

Speaking to PetaPixel, he explained: “The visors of the spacesuits are coated with gold, so I colour corrected the gold out of it using the full photo as a colour reference to the real world colours.”

Ranger managed to sharpen what was in the visor, and turn it into a panoramic 360° image.

He explained: “I also added more room in the initial photo crop around the edges of the visor so that when it was unwrapped it would more accurately account for the space in the final 360° image that represents the inside of his helmet.”

Then, he points out: “Notice the pale blue dot.”

That's our planet - over eight billion lives wake up and go to sleep every day, on that tiny 'blue dot'.

In the image, you can see Armstrong in higher resolution, next to the Eagle lunar lander, operating the chest-mounted Hasselblad camera.

You can see our world in the top-right of the frame.

Ranger managed to expand what you can see in the visor (Apic/Getty Images)

He also turned it into a panoramic 'POV' video, which you can view here.

People were amazed in the comments, as one wrote: "This is actually amazing. Super unique idea I can’t believe I’ve never seen before. I bet you could do this with a lot of Apollo pictures!"

Another said: "Well damn. You just made it possible for people to live the moment. Thank you!"

A third pointed out: "Wow that’s so cool to just discover another angle of the famous moon landing".