The Tale of the Blue Light

Moonrise by The Washington Post

Jul 19, 201920:03Society & Culture

A man who meets himself on the moon. A blue orb that bursts into flames. The quest to explain the unexplained. In the first chapter of "Moonrise," the journey to space begins.

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