The Earth Gazers

The fascinating story of how we first came to see the earth from space.

The fascinating story of how we first came to see the earth from space.

The most beautiful and influential photographs ever made were of the whole earth seen from space. They were taken from the moon, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space programme. They inspired a generation to think more seriously about our responsibility for this tiny oasis in space, the 'blue marble' falling through empty darkness.

This is a book about the long road to the capture of those unforgettable images. It is a history of the space programme and of the ways in which it transformed our view of the earth and changed the lives of the astronauts who walked in space and on the moon.

It is the story of the often blemished visionaries who inspired that journey into space: Charles Lindbergh, Robert Goddard and Wernher Von Braun, and of the courageous pilots who were the first humans to escape the Earth's orbit.

'Potter has distilled [the feeling that man always looks just beyond his reach and strives to get there] and on each page of cataloguing endeavour gives a hint of the joy those 24 men had when they looked out the window and saw Home ... In hardback, Head of Zeus have created a truly beautiful edition to go with such an inspiring tale' Boney Abroad.

Vorwort

The fascinating story of how we first came to see the earth from space.

Autorentext
Christopher Potter was publisher and managing director at the independent publishing house Fourth Estate. He is the author of You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe and How to Make a Human Being: A Body of Evidence.

Klappentext

The images taken of Earth from the Moon by the Apollo astronauts are considered among the most beautiful photos ever taken. This is the story of those photos, tracing the history of the space programme.

Zusammenfassung
The fascinating story of how we first came to see the earth from space.