Earth from Above
The result of a five-year airborne odyssey across five continents and 60 countries, Earth from Above is the most revealing and spectacular portrait of our world ever created. From a heart-shaped mangrove forest in New Caledonia to a flock of red ibises in Venezuela, from a caravan of camels in Mauritania to Mt. Everest and Mammoth Hot Springs, re nowned aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand presents nearly 200 striking color images that put our home planet in a whole new perspective....
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The result of a five-year airborne odyssey across five continents and 60 countries, Earth from Above is the most revealing and spectacular portrait of our world ever created. From a heart-shaped mangrove forest in New Caledonia to a flock of red ibises in Venezuela, from a caravan of camels in Mauritania to Mt. Everest and Mammoth Hot Springs, re nowned aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand presents nearly 200 striking color images that put our home planet in a whole new perspective. Produced under the sponsorship of UNESCO, the book is also a unique documentary record of the earth's fragile ecosystems at the dawn of the new millennium. Commentaries by noted specialists illuminate what we see-and explain exactly what we stand to lose as demographic pressures put more stress on the environment. Weekly Editors Entertainment Shot entirely from helicopters and planes, Arthus-Bertrand's stunning photos range from geography (the fissures in a Madagascar volcano) to comedy (the fried bodies of a sunbathing couple on a canary island beach).
Foreword..........5 The State of the World in the Year 2000..........9 From the Paleolithic Age to Globalization..........49 Nature and Culture..........89 Traces, Ruins, Memory..........129 Spectacles and Landcapes..........169 Future of The City, Future of Life..........209 A Wounded Environment..........249 Population and the Future of Humanity..........289 Growing Enough to Feed the World..........329 Endagered Climates..........369 Toward a Sustainble Development..........409 Index..........418 Afterword: The Story of a Book..........420 Acknowledgments..........422
\ From Barnes & NobleVery few photography books become a national sensation, but Earth from Above capured the imagination of a huge audience. This revised and expanded edition contains a new introduction by Lester Brown, founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute, new text and captions by environmental experts, and, best of all, an additional 17 photographs.\ \ \ \ \ CBS Sunday Morning...enhanced by facts, figures and essays...a lavish book of two hundred of his pictures..\ \ \ New York Times Book Review...it is a terrific book to look at and think about.\ \ \ \ \ Weekly Editors EntertainmentShot entirely from helicopters and planes, Arthus-Bertrand's stunning photos range from geography (the fissures in a Madagascar volcano) to comedy (the fried bodies of a sunbathing couple on a canary island beach).\ \
