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This article traces the Selenite genealogy of "The desire to paint" and "The moon's benefits", while also exploring the presence of the moon in Baudelaire's work. By departing from the cliché that the moon is giving a salutary rest, the poet allegorizes it to feed his sinister and melancholic fairyland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Planetary maps are powerful tools for the visualization of the formerly unknown planetary surfaces. The appropriate use of visualization and nomenclature is essential for making planetary maps that can be used by both professionals and the general public. This article describes an international mapping project that has produced several maps of the terrestrial planets and the Moon. The maps were published separately, as educational wall maps, and also appeared together in a world atlas. To select the most effective visual tools and nomenclature, we conducted a map reader perception study at the Edötvös Loránd University, Hungary, which is discussed in detail. The second part of the article describes the current system of planetary nomenclature, highlighting some of its problems, with special attention to its localization for bi- or multilingual planetary maps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]