Full Moon

by Michael Light

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375406344
• ISBN13: 9780375406348
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 4.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 11.7" x 11.7"

Customer Reviews

Astronauts As Outstanding Photographers? Who Knew!

I have read most of the books about manned space flight published to date. Although several of these books are outstanding, and provide an in-depth perspective that can only be expressed through the written word, none of them gives me the virtual moon-trip experience that this beautifully constructed book does.It's not just a book of beautiful photographs (and they are beautiful). There is appropriate text that accompanies the photos in a separate section. The very large photos are printed with NO text on the page to detract from the scenes displayed. Descriptive text is provided at the end of the book along with accompanying thumb-nail prints of the photos.Whatever NASA invested in educating the astronauts in photography paid-off. I'd love to see more!

STUNNING!

This book is absolutely incredible! The quality of the photos is simply outstanding, making the moon shot feel like it just happened yesterday not 30 years ago. It brought back all the goosebumps I felt as a highschooler when the astronauts first stepped on the moon. Presenting the pictures separate from the text makes you focus entirely on the visual before you. The foldouts are so impressive and encompassing. In addition, the essay answered basic questions about the space program brought up by the photos but kept it short enough to not read like a history book. This is a book I'll return to again and again. Already I have run after friends, book in hand, shouting, "Look at this one! Look at THIS!" A fabulous additon to anyone's library but most especially for anyone with even the slightest interest in the space program. It offers an artist's interpretation and presentation of a truly amazing and life-altering event.

Absolutely Stunning!

Who cares about words with a book like this! Full Moon is the greatest book ever and it has no text at all (except for the author, copywrite, et cetera...) Michael Light chose the most fascinating pictures of the history of our moon and told the most accurate history of the moon through it, better than any other book could. Every photograph in this book takes a lifetime to look at. And as someone else said, "If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this book would take a lifetime to read." Very true. Buy this book ASAP and cherish it forever!

The images of the 20th Century.

Yes, Michael Light could have chosen better known photgraphs. Yes, Michael Light could have supplied NASA Index numbers for each photo. Yes, Michael Light could have done many things differently.What Michael Light has produced is one of the most stunning collections of photographs I have ever seen in a single volume. I have sat looking at these images and found it hard to drag myself away. The stark monochromatic beauty of the moon together with the fragile humanity embodied in the astronauts has been exposed in a way I have never seen before.I cannot understand why NASA has never made better use of its image library in bringing to the attention of the public its space program. If a picture paints a thousand words then this volume would take a lifetime to read.