Over the Mountains (An Aerial View of Geology)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.86 (774 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1931414181 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Encore, Encore! I am not trained as a geologist, but have an innate and passionate love for mountains. I ordered a copy of this book for a gift, and its arrival in a slightly damaged condition (purchased directly from Amazon.com) was a real disappointment. For years I have ordered books with confidence from Amazon.com, knowing that each will be packaged in the following way: on a piece of cardboard cut to fit the inside length x width of the box, then shrink-wrapped to the cardboard, then placed inside the box and filled with e. Robert H. Sydnor said Magnificent Aerial Geology. This ia a magnificent new book on aerial geology of the United States by Dr. Michael Collier. He is trained as a structural geologist (MS, Stanford University), a private pilot with his own Cessna 180, and is a practicing physician in Flagstaff, Arizona. This book has a broad appeal to the general public (as a beautiful folio with scenic geology), and to professional geologists alike. The book contains dramatically new views of mountains that are familiar to most hikers and mountaineers (e.g., Mount Whitney, Mou. Becky Collier can take pride in his rare excellence of production. He has obviously been at the right place at the right time, as the lighting in these photographs is exquisite. Even though it appears that the color may have been slightly enhanced you still need the content for a great photograph. Viewing the formations from above puts everything you have read geolocically into perspective. Collier's photographs introduce you to visuals of the tumultuous geological history of the mountainous regions of approximately e
He has found many best shots, and readers will enjoy them all. . It is one thing to write about glaciers, fault zones, plateaus, erosion, alluvial fans, subduction, and volcanoes. This is an excellent choice for all teen collections.—Robert Saunderson, Berkeley Public Library, CACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. It is altogether a higher level of accomplishment to render all of these aspects of geology in photographs as beautiful as they are informative. Collier has put his 50-year-old Cessna 180 and arsenal of photographic equipment to good use, spending thousands of hours in the cockpit, traveling to remote regions of the Earth, up mountain faces, down into canyons, constantly in search of the best shot. All rights reserved. From School Library Journal Adult/High School—The full-color photos in this volume are uniformly stunning and are
In 2005, Michael Collier received the American Geological Institute's Outstanding Contribution to Public Understanding of Geosciences Award for his decades of work. His geology books have won the National Outdoor Book Award, the National Park Service Director's Award and the U.S. His photographs appear regularly in major magazines
For over 20 years, he has piloted his Cessna 180 to inaccessible locations and returned with stunning photographs that lay bare the Earth's workings. IntroducingAn Aerial View of Geologyseries. Geology is thrilling. After exploring the pages of Over the Mountains, readers will never think of mountains -- or geology -- in the same way again.. Enter Michael Collier, geologist, writer and one of America's premier aerial photographers. Unfortunately, geology texts rarely communicate that sense of excitement. It's the Earth in all its splendor. It includes:Detailed and breathtaking large-format color photographs covering the geology of every major mountain range in the United StatesClear, easy-to-understand text, diagrams and captions that explain and illuminate the geologic processes shown in the photographs. Over the Mountains, the first book in Michael Collier's new series, focuses on geology's most spectacular subject in a most spectacular way