About the Book: The Earth Gazers: On Seeing Ourselves
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