Justin Ng led a group of eight first-time eclipse photographers when he captured the images for this eclipse collage early on March 9 in Palu, Indonesia. He took the photos with a Canon 7D at 400mm with a DIY solar filter.
Credit: Justin Ng
If you long to see the Earth from an astronaut’s perspective, explore the wonders of the cosmos, delve into space history or capture your own vivid views of the sky, a book about space photography could hold just the picture. Here are Space.com writers’ and editors’ picks for photo collections and astrophotography books that will transport you to other worlds.
(We are constantly reading new and classic space books to find our favorite takes on the universe. Our recently-read books in all categories can be found at Best Space Books. You can see our ongoing Space Books coverage here. If you capture a spectacular image of the sky that you’d like to share with Space.com and our news partners for a possible story or photo gallery, send an email to Space.com managing editor Tariq Malik at spacephotos@space.com.)
‘Abandoned in Place’ (University of Mexico Press, 2016)
By Roland Miller
“Abandoned in Place: Preserving America’s Space History” by Roland Miller.
Credit: Roland Miller
In “Abandoned in Place,” photographer Roland Miller takes readers on a tour of abandoned facilities that once served NASA’s human spaceflight program. The images of unused launch towers, empty science offices and antiquated technology are visually striking, and carry the ghosts of long-gone missions. Miller is a photographer and teacher by day, but he has been photographing unused NASA facilities for thirty years as a side project. Some of the sites featured in the book — particularly those at Cape Canaveral, Florida — are being quickly eroded by saltwater, and Miller, a child of the Apollo era, said he started to feel a sense of obligation to preserve these monuments, which stand as a symbol of one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments. ~Calla Cofield
Read more about the book and see its haunting images here, and read an op-ed by the author here.
‘Infinite Worlds’ (Simon & Schuster, 2014)
By Michael Soluri
“Infinite Worlds” by Michael Soluri.
Credit: © Michael Soluri/Infinite Worlds
Packed from cover to cover with stunning images taken on the ground and in space, “Infinite Worlds” tells the story of STS-125, the last crewed mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Photographer Michael Soluri was granted nearly unrestricted access to the mission program leading up to the launch, and the behind-the-scenes images will thrill NASA fans. These masterful photographs capture the bare reality of preparing for a crewed space mission. The book’s text includes essays by the astronauts and other mission staff. It also features images taken by the crew during the mission, and of course, images by the Hubble telescope. This is a fantastic addition to any spaceflight book collection. You can see photos from “Infinite Worlds” here or watch a video of Soluri discussing the book and Hubble.
‘You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes’ (Little, Brown, 2014)
By Chris Hadfield
“You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes” by Chris Hadfield
Credit: Little, Brown and Company
Chris Hadfield made a name for himself on social media during his five-month stay on the International Space Station in 2012-2013 by tweeting from space, recording humorous videos and even playing guitar. The Canadian astronaut, like most visitors to the space station, also took innumerable photos looking back down at Earth.
In “You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes,” Hadfield has compiled his favorite photos into one tour over the surface of the Earth as seen from space. Besides describing what’s happening in the photos, he also compares them to more commonplace sights: desert sand like the storms of Jupiter, sprinkled icing over Australia, the “Eye of the Sahara” and more. On the heels of “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” (Little, Brown, 2013), which offers advice and anecdotes from space, this book takes a step back and lets an astronaut’s view (mostly) speak for itself. ~Sarah Lewin
Watch a video interview with Hadfield about the book here.
‘Planetfall’ (Abrams, 2012)
By Michael Benson
“Planetfall: New Solar System Visions” by Michael Benson
Credit: Abrams
“Planetfall: New Solar system Visions” is an oversized tome filled with page after page of alien landscapes — its pages tour Earth, the moon, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the asteroids and comets that inhabit our solar system. Author Michael Benson, who published two previous books of celestial images, created the images by processing raw spacecraft data to reproduce what the human eye would see from each viewpoint in space.
The book is a celebration of the robotic probes and astronaut photographers that have set out to explore the solar system, and the enormous images put the viewer right among the dunes of Mars, on the Moon with Earth peeking over the horizon and alongside a tiny, steam-ejecting moon among the rings of Saturn. And as alien as those vistas look, it’s surprisingly easy to feel like you’re standing right there. ~Sarah Lewin
Read a Q&A with author Michael Benson here.
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