EarthIsASpaceship: Yes, the surface of the moon in the pictures I posted does look like a sea of gray of great regularity. However, this image is taken from low lunar orbit, the moon is several orders of magnitude closer to the JAXA satilite than you or I are here on earth. Just like looking at a grassy pasture close up you'll see it as a sea of green, but if you were viewing from far away, like flying over the pasture in an plane at 30,000 feet, you'll see a great deal more than just that one green pasture, you'll be able to see the great diversity of the region around it, rivers, lake beds, hills, forests, etc. Would you agree with this analogy for why the moon would look like a sea do grey up close?
No. I expect to see something like this:
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EarthIsASpaceship: I think I see what you are getting at, and I think I spotted the misconception. I thought the issue was a matter of perspective, that what looks like a big creator with lots of detail through a telescope just looks like a big mound or mountain of gray up close. But based on the video you just posted, I think the misconception you have about what to expect on the moon's surface comes from your familiarity with earth landscapes - that's what we are all familiar with, when we fly over landscapes like the video you posted, we see planes of grass, trees, valleys, shrubs, etc. - it looks like a lot of detail and gives you a robust landscape, not at all what we see on moon.
And why not? Because the moon lacks life, there are no pastures to fill in the landscape, patches of green and brown, there are no trees to brake up these planes, and so on. If you were to remove all life from the earth landscapes you showed in the video, you will see a sea of brown and grey, maybe some other earth tones, but that's thanks to the complex geology and soil composition of earth, and largely due to organic materials present in the earth's soil. So without life to either give the moon's soil various shades of earth tones or to brake up the landscape with trees and the like, the moon looks like a pretty monotone and boring place, a sea of gray.
Also keep in mind that the images I posted might have been taken over one of the large maria present on the moon (the large darker patches you see on the moon viewing it from earth, they are present in the video you posted as large patches of very regular gray soil, a sea of gray).