More files...From Fire to Ice, the Creation of Our World
From searingly hot deserts to lands of fire and ice, this book is a vivid journey through the natural wonders of the seven continents.
With page after page of spectacular photographs, this book pays homage to the powerful forces that shape our planet--fire, ice, water, and wind--revealing a world with extraordinary landscapes and breathtaking geological features. These images, of geysers spewing scalding water, glaciers chiseling out the mountainsides, and red-hot molten lava exploding on contact with the ocean, demonstrate how Earth's current appearance resulted from the incessant, powerful, and widespread activity of nature and climate change over the various geological eras. The portrait that emerges from this exceptional journey through vast patchwork quilts of salt deposits, colorful canyons, ripple-like sand patterns, and vibrant meltwater pools and channels, captures a living, endlessly changing, planet.
Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandstone rock formation, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Limestone travertine terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Mushroom hoodo sandstone rock formations, Bisti Wilderness Area, New Mexico
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Tim Fitzharris / Eroded sedimentary sandstone, Badlands National Park, South Dakota
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Rob Brown / Tourists admiring Dettifoss Waterfall, Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland
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Tim Fitzharris / Havasu Falls, Grand Canyon, Arizona
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Tim Fitzharris / Havasu Falls, Grand Canyon, Arizona
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandstone hoodoos, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Detail of blue iceberg and caves dramatically sculpted by waves and melting action accelerated by global warming and climate change near South Georgia Island
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Petrified wood, cut and polished with intricate patterns and colors, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
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Grant Dixon / Painted Cliffs, Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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Colin Monteath / Hedgehog iceberg, Terre Adelie Land, east Antarctica