The Yellow Plague

We went to the dentist today and then since it was Tuesday morning we went to Tuesday Morning.

I ended up buying a set of DVDs called “The Complete National Geographic”.  It contains every issue from 1888 through 2008.  That’s a big stack of magazines.

I put the DVD set to the test by looking up a map that the magazine had in it in 1969 showing the Earth’s Moon.

When I worked for NASA the test conductor for Apollo XIII’s Saturn V rocket had this chart on his wall and I found one part of the chart particularly interesting.  It shows the familiar “man in the moon” as the moonrise image we see on the moon.  It goes on to show at high moon the image of a pretty lady with the crater Tyco as her amulet.  The setting moon looks like a rabbit.

I found the map easily and was able to zoom in on the part I was interested in and copy it and here it is.

I saw the moon differently after looking at this chart and now maybe you will, too.

I think having this reference material at hand should be fun and if I ever have time to waste  it’s a great toy to play with.