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    Over the moon

    Nov 26, 2019 3 minutes
    BY KRIS MANTY
    All photos are from the book, The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, and in the public domain.

    In 1874, it wasn’t possible to take photos of the moon, given the fact that high-powered telescopes and modern cameras weren’t invented yet, but that didn’t stop an amateur astronomer.

    Using his own inventiveness, James Nasmyth captured “photos” of the moon’s lunar surface that are so striking and detailed, they

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