The Moon is thought to have formed when an object roughly the size of Mars hit the Earth. The impact was so violent that it threw large amounts of the Earth's mantle into orbit. This material evenually coalesced and formed the Moon.
Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters, and in books.
Famous Minimalist Paintings and Artists. Frank Stella, known for his minimalist âBlack Paintingsâ series (1959-1960), is one of the most famous painters in the movement. For this series, he drew stripes and various line patterns on thick canvases painted with black house paint.