Mountains from Space: Peaks and Ranges of the Seven Continents
Author(s):
Dech, Stefan, Reinhold Messner, Rüdiger Glaser & Ralf-Peter Märtin
Copyright: 2005, US
Specifications: 1st, 4to, pp.244, 144 color photos (3 gatefolds), map, appendices, grey cloth
Condition: dj & cloth new.
Using highly specialized, advanced digital satellite imaging, the German Remote Sensing Data Center has compiled this astounding collection of images of the Earth's mountain ranges over the course of the last five years. These stunning images show majestic peaks on all seven continents in views taken from 15 to 500 miles above the Earth that reveal both entire mountain ranges and individual peaks, unobstructed by clouds, haze, and the refraction of light. With additional essays by Herzog, Hillary, Alexander Huber, Oelz, Ransmayr, and Venables. This book weighs almost five pounds.