Full Moon (1)

Two scans from the 1999 300mm squared Hardcover Publication ‘Full Moon’. A photographic odyssey to the Moon and back, featuring a selection of 128 images, just a fraction of NASA’s 32,000 pictures from the Apollo Missions.

Full Moon is a superb coffee table book that documents arguably mankind’s greatest ever achievement. No detail is spared: blast off, rocket separation, crater vistas, Earthrise, moon buggies, remote cameras etc, etc.

If you have even a casual interest in space then this is a must read. Available on amazon.com here: http://ow.ly/zgoO

Details on the featured images:

Top: Apollo 15; Dave Scott manipulates collection tongs at Spur Crater. Photo: Hassleblad 70mm Black and White Negative by Jim Irwin, August 1971

Middle: Apollo 12, Alan Bean at Sharp Crater. Photo: Hassleblad 70mm Black and White Negative by Charles Conrad, Novemeber 1969

Bottom: The Sahara desert at the orbital altitude of 200 miles, this circular feature is ‘Irdehan Marzuq’ located in Libya. Photo: Hassleblad 70mm Transparancey by Richard Gordon, Gemini 11 Sept 1966.