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Many people are unfamiliar with 14— the actual appearance of the Moon. It was as if I had discovered a long-lost family member the first time I saw it through the lens. I’ve never looked away since.





15— Scaling Down From our vantage point, the Moon frequently appears to be the size of a coin. The Moon appears to be much larger or much smaller at times, a phenomenon known as the ‘Moon illusion.’ According to one theory, the Moon’s changing position or light causes a perceptual difference in its size. In reality, it is about a quarter the size of the Earth.



Moon Map NASA’s Scientific Visualization

16— Migration Every year, the Moon moves away from the Earth by 3.8 centimetres. This is due to the Earth’s spin and the push of the Earth’s tidal bulge as it moves ahead of the Moon.



17— Tidal Bulge

The gravitational pull of the Moon on the Earth causes the tidal bulge. The friction of the Earth’s spin then pushes the bulge and, as a result, the Moon further away.









18— Twilight The changing color scheme of twilight zones can be vivid as the Sun emerges from the horizon. We can see the moving shadows that cast volumes and add details to the landscape as time passes. The world begins to come to life during the twilight — it’s like bidding farwell to the Moon.



19— Tessellation The Moon is frequently associated with the concept of isolation. On a lonely night, the pockets of life can sometimes be the Moon’s company. It reminds us of the collaborative nature of time and existence, that could be found in much larger bodies too.



Defocusing on the landscape means focusing further away from Earth. The moonlight accentuates the tessellation of our industrial world as well as the organic arrangement of the planetary bodies that populate the night sky.

20— Moonlight







01— The Birth of the Moon According to the giant-impact theory, the Moon was formed when Earth collided with Theia, a Mars-sized body. The Moon was formed from the debris of this collision. This is thought to have occurred around 4.5 billion years ago. The Moon functions as an artifact and a marker of beginnings and endings. Looking at it fascinates me because it is a testament to the long (very, very long) passage of time and how the Earth has changed since.

Of course, the sun plays a role in our circadian Endings rhythms as well, but the Moon, at least to me, indicates a more peaceful and quiet time.

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05— Chasing Tails We sometimes forget that there is much more to life than what we see from the eyes of a worker bee. Only our modern way of life can be blamed. I used to obsess over the onslaught of small tasks at hand when I was younger, only being able to afford two meals a day and realising that life was a cycle of debt and catching up with debt. Knowing that there were bigger things out there was a great comfort to me at a time when each day was becoming more difficult.



Earthrise Seeing it from a different perspective may not be enough to alter reality, but it may help us to be more stable in our thoughts and narrow the scope of our problems. We would be comforted by the fact that, while the sun “rises and sets” from Earth, the Earth “rises and sets” from Moon. The clusters of “stars” in the sky may be massive in size, and from one point in the universe we would also appear as a speck. 07—





NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Constellation figures based on those developed for the IAU by Alan MacRobert of Sky and Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott and Rick Fienberg).) Left page, background (graphically treated) NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Miguel Román, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Centered Images

The Moon is important for more than just circadian rhythm. Both the months in the calendar and our holidays are related to how the Moon shifts and interacts with the Earth.

08— Cycles

09— Corridors





14— A Reflection of the Self To take it a step forward, the Moon influences how we adapt to time and schedule our days. Its ability to provide us with this regular measure of time in various scales (e.g., day, month, year) enables us to pause and reflect.

16— Flight Will we then find parallels between Moon and the behaviour of an individual? Our lives’ cycle through phases and stages that are intertwined with its movement. We might realise that the science behind the Moon isn’t quite as epic as we think it is. At this point in my learning, I’ve come to terms with the idea that the majority of my understanding of the subject was acquired during my childhood and, later, through finding logic in simple daily occurrences.





17— Moonset

18— Changing Seasons

Don’t just think of the Moon as a rock that has been orbiting us for a long time; it is very present in how you and I function. Sleep is one of the most basic and essential examples of an individual’s cyclical behaviour. It’s like a reset button that we’ve been pushing since birth.



20— Phases The Moon bares itself in many forms.