Would You Believe They Put A Man On The Moon, page-233

By the way, the shot you are comparing the lunar shots to is probably digitally enhanced to make it look more visually stunning.

Like the instagram AI driven filters that make your holiday photos look so much spectacular than the real scene, they are put through processors to bring more life to the details.

I doubt very much that to the naked eye you can see all those lights on the ground from the ISS.

Anyone who has seen the northern lights in person and then seen their photos after they were processed would know what I mean.