Dark Side of the Moon
Apollo 8's crew were the first Earthlings to see the dark side of the Moon, and shot some footage of it as they sailed past in December 1968. I captured some stills of the footage and made this art. More to come. Enjoy. Limited Edition prints of any size available.
"First Glimpse of The Dark Side of The Moon" is the first still from the footage I saw from Apollo 8's first gander at the Dark Side.
"Moon Fish" and "Moon Chicken" are self-explanatory. The chicken face is in the middle of the image. The fish only has its left eye.
"Moon Frog" has a frog with wings in the lower right of the frame. How cool is that that there's a Rorschach test-type frog on the dark side of the Moon, huh? I did not alter any of these photos, but for color and saturation and maybe a touch of turmeric, since they say that helps fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's.
"Phoebe3" is a guest here, as she is a moon of Mars. NASA recently released a 3-D shot of her. (The far left frame.) I changed the color of the center and right frames and put on my 3-D glasses. The digital frame looks really cool with such glasses on, too. Enjoy the guest to the subpage!
Check out the Photo Credit for "The Man with The Nebula Eyes." Photo Credit for The Spirograph Nebula: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgement: R. Sahai (JPL) et al.
Many thanks to NASA and their partners for use of these publicly-funded images, as per their use policy.
Thanks to MoonPans.com for Moon Pan, as well as NASA! That shot is from the Apollo 17 mission.
"Dark Side" is the first full shot of the dark side of The Moon. It was taken by the crew of Apollo 16.
Last, but not least, thanks, T'Mar!
First Glimpse of The Dark Side of The Moon
Moon Monkey
Allephant
Lizordian Face
Blue Milk
Milky Moon
Jonquil Moon Penquin
Moon Pirate
Neo-Lunar Man
Moon Fish
Moon Fishies
Moon Chicken
Caribou Clown
Orange Darkness
The Man on The Dark Side of the Moon
Purple Playtime
Teal Wizard
Blue Whale
Pink Moon Unit on The Dark Side of the Moon
Moon Frog
Crater Lane
Deep Purple Crater
Three Craters of Orange
Green Wonder
Sky Triptych
Green Pinkie
Purple Earth
Dark Side
Moon Pan
Apollo 8 Raft
Phoebe3
