Nirmala Nataraj

Planets (eBook, ePUB)

Photographs from the Archives of NASA

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Might be just the book to bring out your inner astronomer... over 250 pages of breathtaking images from the past 50 years of NASA's space exploration." - Parade Preface by Bill Nye This magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than two-hundred breathtaking photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with extended captions detailing the science behind some of our cosmic neighborhood's most extraordinary phenomena. Images of newly discovered areas of Jupiter, fiery volcanoes on Venus, and many more reveal the astronomical marvels of space in engrossing detail. Anyone with an interest in science, astronomy, and the mysteries of the universe will delight in this awe-inspiring guide to the wonders of the solar system. "As you turn through the pages, you're hit with true moments of awe, photos that remind you the power of nature extends beyond our own planet." - Houston Chronicle "Breathtaking pictures show the otherworldly magic of the solar system... The images are at once humbling and uplifting: Here in the black void of space is Saturn's frozen moon, Mimas, white and pitted like a galactic golf ball; here is the tiny golden orb called Io, casting a shadow in a perfect inky circle on the marbled surface of Jupiter; here is the great sun, flames spurting from its surface like plumes." - The Wall Street Journal "[A] gorgeous photographic tour of space... The collection is a remarkable reminder of how much has been learned about the planets over the past few decades, solving many mysteries yet introducing many more." - Publishers Weekly

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chronicle Books LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781452160467
• Artikelnr.: 48831409

Autorenporträt

Nirmala Nataraj is a New York-based writer and the author of Earth and Space.

Rezensionen

"The book is compact in size, its layout is crisp and stylish and the quality is exceptional. This is a book for anyone with an interest in space to drool over." BBC Sky At Night Magazine

"You might have seen some of these photos elsewhere but to have them all together under one cover less so. Be in awe. We are surrounded by the most unique places we are least likely to visit in our own lifetimes." SFcrowsnest

"The book is compact in size, its layout is crisp and stylish and the quality is exceptional. This is a book for anyone with an interest in space to drool over" Books Monthly review

"Zooming out from deep time to deep space, The Planets by writer Nirmala Nataraj mines the NASA archives for a thrill-a-minute tour of our cosmic neighbourhood. It's a handsome array, from the flow of dunes in Mars's Nili Patera caldera, caught by the HIRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter, to an opulently hued backlit view of Saturn captured by Cassini's wide-angle camera." Nature.com