Panorama of the moon surface. Done by Apollo 17.

Where are the stars?

The stars could not be captured in this picture because of the big difference in brightness between them and the foreground. This is true for all pictures where stars and a bright foreground are to be photographed. If you see pictures where both are clearly visible, then a picture with a long exposure time (to capture the stars) and one with a short exposure (for the bright objects in the foreground) have been combined.