{"id":1786039,"date":"2018-07-30T11:09:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T15:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786039"},"modified":"2018-07-30T11:09:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T15:09:49","slug":"an-amazing-relief-globe-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/an-amazing-relief-globe-of-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"An Amazing Relief Globe of the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonglobes.de\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1786040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/an-amazing-relief-globe-of-the-moon\/pkm-moon-globe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pkm-moon-globe.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1512224442&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pkm-moon-globe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pkm-moon-globe-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pkm-moon-globe-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1786040 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pkm-moon-globe-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pkm-moon-globe-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pkm-moon-globe-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pkm-moon-globe-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pkm-moon-globe-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pkm-moon-globe.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/08\/a-globe-of-percival-lowells-mars\/\">In 2016 I told you<\/a> about Michael Plichta&#8217;s first globe, a delightfully retro <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marsglobes.de\/\">hand-crafted globe of Mars<\/a> based on Percival Lowell&#8217;s maps that showed the world covered in canals. Plichta&#8217;s second globe project is also cool and unusual, but in a completely different way: it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonglobes.de\/index.html\">a relief globe of the Moon<\/a>. No globe gores were used to make this 30-cm globe: the textured surface is cast in artificial plaster and then painted by hand, a compulsively exacting process laid out in <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/275622732\">this short video<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MoonGlobe\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/275622732?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hand-crafted globes are never inexpensive, and though Michael never mentions prices, this one cannot be either. (I&#8217;ve seen his Mars globe <a href=\"http:\/\/omniterrum.com\/globe-inventory\/handcrafted-artisan-globes\/an-exceptionally-fine-handcrafted-mars-globe-based-on-the-theories-of-american-astronomer-percival-lowell-1855-1916\/\">listed for $1,850<\/a>.) That said, this is a definite lust object. I desperately want one.<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/08\/a-globe-of-percival-lowells-mars\/\">A Globe of Percival Lowell&#8217;s Mars<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/04\/new-moon-globe-released\/\">New Moon Globe Released<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.maproomblog.com\/2009\/04\/globes_of_the_solar_system.php\">Globes of the Solar System<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016 I told you about Michael Plichta&#8217;s first globe, a delightfully retro hand-crafted globe of Mars based on Percival Lowell&#8217;s maps that showed the world covered in canals. Plichta&#8217;s second globe project is also&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/an-amazing-relief-globe-of-the-moon\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[723,26,63],"class_list":["post-1786039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-astronomy","tag-globemaking","tag-globes","tag-moon","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2608,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/08\/a-globe-of-percival-lowells-mars\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786039,"position":0},"title":"A Globe of Percival Lowell&#8217;s Mars","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 August 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Hand-made globes are increasingly a thing, apparently. As\u00a0Atlas Obscura reports this week, Michael Plichta's company, Planetenkugel-Manufaktur, is producing a hand-crafted globe of Mars with a twist: it's based on Percival Lowell\u2019s maps, which (erroneously) showed the Martian surface covered in canals. It's delightfully retro and I love it.\u00a0Here's a video:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"pkm-mars-globe","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pkm-mars-globe-1024x910.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pkm-mars-globe-1024x910.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pkm-mars-globe-1024x910.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pkm-mars-globe-1024x910.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5315,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/04\/new-moon-globe-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786039,"position":1},"title":"New Moon Globe Released","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"10 April 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"Calling it \"the first entirely new globe of the lunar surface in more than 40 years,\" Sky and Telescope has announced a new Moon globe based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imagery. Replogle's Moon globe has been the standard for decades, but it's based on 1960s-era charts and, as I said\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5770,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2014\/02\/ganymede-and-mercury\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786039,"position":2},"title":"Ganymede and Mercury","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 February 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"The USGS has published a geologic map of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon and the largest moon in the Solar System, based on imagery from the Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and Galileo probes. Via Centauri Dreams, Sky and Telescope. Meanwhile, Sky and Telescope has produced a Mercury globe based on MESSENGER\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5999,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2015\/08\/bellerbys-hand-painted-globes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786039,"position":3},"title":"Bellerby&#8217;s Hand-Painted Globes","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 August 2015","format":"link","excerpt":"Bellerby & Co. produces gorgeous hand-made, hand-painted globes. Peter Bellerby started the company six years ago\u2014he wanted to make a globe for his father for his birthday, but got a bit carried away. Very much a luxury product: the least expensive item I could find in their catalogue was \u00a3999,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Industry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Industry","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":393,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/01\/globemaker-peter-bellerby-interviewed\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786039,"position":4},"title":"Globemaker Peter Bellerby Interviewed","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 January 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Peter Bellerby is interviewed in\u00a0Fashion Times. Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co., which makes hand-made, hand-painted\u2014and\u00a0very expensive\u2014globes. (When I blogged about them last August, the cheapest globe I could find in their catalogue was \u00a3999.) Bellerby's PR and marketing is fairly sophisticated and positions a\u00a0globe\u00a0as a serious luxury\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Industry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Industry","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"bellerby-globe","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bellerby-globe.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bellerby-globe.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bellerby-globe.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bellerby-globe.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1789347,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/09\/these-globes-are-uncanny\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786039,"position":5},"title":"These Globes Are Uncanny","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 September 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Twice now I\u2019ve encountered globes that I find more than a bit unsettling, in that they wrap a map of a portion of the Earth around an entire globe. The first one I ran across was the Globus Polski or Poland Globe, an inexpensive 12-inch globe which comes in two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Unusual Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Unusual Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/unusual-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Globus Polski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/globus-polski-204x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1786039"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1786044,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786039\/revisions\/1786044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1786039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1786039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1786039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}