March 26, 2004

Full Moon, by Michael Light

To create this book of 130 photographs chronicling a manned mission to the Moon, Michael Light went through over 30,000 NASA photos. He scanned the actual film used by the astronauts, and the resulting photographs are stunning. I remember the first manned moon landing, and nearly 40 years later it remains one of the most exciting things I've ever experienced. I think this book conveys some of that excitement to my six-year-old daughter, who will probably never get to witness a live Moon landing.