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Good night, Jade Rabbit.
Erica Glasier created this wonderful storybook animated gif of China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover. All the feels. Sniffle.
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Jade Rabbit, or yutu, has been malfunctioning and I can't think of any better way to explain its adventure to a child than this. Could we get an entire lightly-animated ebook of Glasier's illustrations, please?
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Don't miss her alphabetical illustrations for an upcoming book and iPad app, including "C is for Chemist". I love these.