As carefree children dancing in the magical moonlight during hot nights of electricity blackouts, we would gaze up in wonder at the full glowing orb and compete to pinpoint the fabled “man on the moon.” This low-lying near side, the Procellarum is covered in craters crammed with dense, dark volcanic material that allowed us to trace the familiar face, and we would momentarily hold our breath barely daring to blink, as we watched for the visage to emerge as the rocky ball rose.
Historically, nyctalopia, also known as moonblink, was a form of night blindness believed to be caused by the superstitious sleeping in the tropical moonlight. We know now that among the causes is myopia or near-sightedness where people have difficulty discerning distant objects but can clearly make out
