{"id":30945,"date":"2012-05-04T10:52:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T14:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=30945"},"modified":"2012-05-04T14:31:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T18:31:37","slug":"moon-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/04\/moon-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> As Shakespeare said, \u201cIt is the very error of the moon \u2026 she comes more nearer earth than she wont, and makes men mad.\u201d This weekend will see the biggest full moon of the year<\/a>. The \u201csupermoon” will be at its most visible Saturday night, and we are already scouting our vantage points! <\/p>\n

\nIt seems fitting that we should mark the event with a visit to the newly available online picture archive<\/a> of the venerable Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge. Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is the world\u2019s oldest scientific library. It\u2019s easy to lose yourself on the site for a few hours\u2014and you should: whether your tastes run to seventeenth-century botanical studies, early lunar photography, or the history of telescopy, you\u2019ll be rewarded by a collection that, a week ago, might have required a plane ticket. <\/p>\n

\nAnd since 2012 also marks the 110th birthday of the classic silent short A Trip to the Moon<\/em>, it is meet and right that we pay tribute to Georges M\u00e9li\u00e8s as well! Happy viewing, wherever you are.<\/p>\n

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