Black-and-white photograph of a plaster model of a large lunar crater on the moon's surface, beside black space dotted with stars.

Small thumbnail of the same lunar crater image centred on a white panel. — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

No. 178 of 248 · The Natural History Series

A Lunar Crater

Design this card$13.00~~$18.00~~

A great lunar crater rises from the edge of the moon against a starry black sky, from one of the great astronomy books of the 1800s. James Nasmyth, the inventor of the steam hammer, built plaster models of the moon and photographed them in raking sunlight to show its surface. For someone who loves the night sky.

Add four of your own photos and your own words; we print the card in the US and post it for you.

On the back

From the great astronomy books of the 1800s / A Lunar Crater / A model in plaster / Most of the moon's craters were made by rocks from space striking it billions of years ago. With no wind or rain to wear them down, they look much as they did when they formed. / The Moon, Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, 1874 (this edition 1903) / James Nasmyth, inventor of the steam hammer, made plaster models of the moon and photographed them in sunlight.

A card for

More from The Natural History Series

See all 141 cards in The Natural History Series