Nature's World of Wonders

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"HIGHER AND HIGHER we climbed, and 1 felt sometimes that it was not so much that the landscape was growing bigger, but rather that I was shrinking, becoming smaller and smaller as the enormous mountains swallowed us up." The mountains Ron Fisher describes are the Himalayas, the loftiest peaks on earth. And they mark the culmination of his Asian odyssey, which also took him to Mount Fuji, the Yangtze River Gorges, and the Vale of Kashmir— each a masterpiece of nature.
For this book, writers traveled to every continent, from one to another of nature's superlatives. More than 125 spectacular color photographs—some of them unique, most of them never published before—bear witness to the creative power of wind and water, fire and ice.
Will Gray sought out Africa's marvels—Victoria Falls, Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, the Sahara. He journeyed over 5,000 miles of the Rift Valley system, from the Zambezi to the Dead Sea, and he "felt some of the... Tovább

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"HIGHER AND HIGHER we climbed, and 1 felt sometimes that it was not so much that the landscape was growing bigger, but rather that I was shrinking, becoming smaller and smaller as the enormous mountains swallowed us up." The mountains Ron Fisher describes are the Himalayas, the loftiest peaks on earth. And they mark the culmination of his Asian odyssey, which also took him to Mount Fuji, the Yangtze River Gorges, and the Vale of Kashmir— each a masterpiece of nature.
For this book, writers traveled to every continent, from one to another of nature's superlatives. More than 125 spectacular color photographs—some of them unique, most of them never published before—bear witness to the creative power of wind and water, fire and ice.
Will Gray sought out Africa's marvels—Victoria Falls, Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, the Sahara. He journeyed over 5,000 miles of the Rift Valley system, from the Zambezi to the Dead Sea, and he "felt some of the mystery and excitement that had drawn generations of explorers to the eternal Nile."
In Europe, Ron Fisher investigated geothermal and glacial wonders in Iceland; cruised Norway's dramatic fjords; probed an immense ice cave in Austria; and like so many others—including Mark Twain— was awed by the size and splendor of the Alps.
In the South Pacific, Cynthia Ramsay visited the tropical island of Bora Bora, "a place that some have extolled as the loveliest in the world." She swam in the warm, silky waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef and hiked in New Zealand's rugged Southern Alps. She also ventured to the frozen continent, remote and desolate Antarctica.
Tom O'Neill chose wonders that represented for him the rich diversity of North America's geography, from the blistering salt pan of Death Valley to the dense mangrove forest of the Everglades, from the subterranean maze of Mammoth Cave to the glistening heights of the Canadian Rockies. Everywhere, he beheld "not only stunning scenery but also startling evidence of the workings of nature."
For the final chapter, Loren Mclntyre drew on years of experience in South America. He navigated the Rio Negro, largest tributary of the Amazon; trekked to Angel Falls, world's highest waterfall; and scaled Cotopaxi, a magnificent snowcapped volcano in Ecuador. "1 keep seeking magical places on the continent that captured my boyhood fancy," he writes.
And the reader will keep finding magical places on page after page of Nature's World of Wonders.
Richly tinted rock formations of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah reveal nature's artistry.
N.G,S. PHOTOGRAPHER OAVID ALAN HARVEY Vissza