Tonight, January 9, 2012, is the full moon.The moon has long been a source for folklore and speculation, especially on nights where the moon is full. From turning men into wolfs to influencing an increase in criminal activity the moon has been blamed for a lot of out of the ordinary occurrences and behaviors. Does the phases of the moon influence us or is it little more than a rocky body orbiting the planet?
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  | Full Moon Light, Michael Check Our Catalog The most thrilling of all journeys--the missions of the Apollo astronauts to the surface of the Moon and back--yielded 32,000 extraordinarily beautiful photographs, the record of a unique human achievement. Until recently, only a handful of these photographs had been released for publication; but now, for the first time, NASA has allowed a selection of the master negatives and transparencies to be scanned electronically, rendering the sharpest images of space that we have ever seen. Michael Light has woven 129 of these stunningly clear images into a single composite voyage, a narrative of breathtaking immediacy and authenticity that begins with the launch and is followed by a walk in space, an orbit of the Moon, a lunar landing and exploration, and a return to Earth with an orbit and splashdown. …More |
 | Photographic Atlas of the Moon Lim, Albert Check Our Catalog The Photographic Atlas of the Moon is a daily photographic guide to observing the features of the Moon through a 40cm telescope and high-resolution, low-speed film. Whole Moon images are provided for each day of the 29-day lunar cycle, with labelled features and descriptive text. Selected lunar features are shown at high magnification to highlight and clearly illustrate certain regions. All lunar features are labelled using current IAU terminology. A comprehensive set of appendices detail the phases of the Moon, give a chronology of its lunar selenography and index all lunar features named in the text. …More |
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