The Moon is a funny thing. Sometimes it seems larger,
sometimes smaller. It can look snow white, pale yellow, shiny
silver, or even pumpkin orange. And sometimes you can see a
face—the “man on the Moon” of which there are so many
legends.
The Moon has many powers, too: It commands the ocean
tides, navigates the seasons, steers sunrise to the East, and
steadies our Earth as it wobbles. When full, it guides travelers
through the dark. When full of mischief, it turns the unwary
into werewolves.
Well, okay, there are no werewolves in this story. There’s no
“dark side” of the Moon either. Nope, there’s no half that’s
dark year-round (except down in a nice deep crater) or always
bright (except high on the Mountains of Everlight at the north
pole). But when the night sky down here on Earth is clear and
the air is crisp, you might just make out the faint shimmery
outline of nighttime on the Moon.
It’s hard for most of us to imagine that people actually live
up there, but they do! Fearless explorers mapping new
frontiers, clever scientists unlocking the secrets of space-time,
lonely settlers building their futures on a barren rock that
alternates between extreme heat and freezing cold. Yep,
there’s not too many willing to go where there’s no air,
precious little water, and more things that can kill you than a
crocodile-infested lagoon. But there are those brave few…
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