Never more since recent years have the news and scientists given us proofs of the changes happening on our earth; tsunamis, heat waves, ice melting, storms and flooding, quickly disappearing species. Facing the reoccurences of these phenomena, governments tried to act. There was the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 and, in 2005, the Kyoto protocol started to be implemented by the countries who signed it. Unfortunately the attempts remain largely insufficient....

A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.

Provides how-to information on photographing nature subjects, including wildlife, landscapes, wild flowers with professional-level digital cameras. It also provides information on computer post-processing darkroom techniques.

In this dazzling book of visual wonders, National Geographic reveals a world very few will have the chance to see for themselves. Shot by some of the world's finest photographers, Rarely Seen features striking images of places, events, natural phenomena, and manmade heirlooms seldom seen by human eyes. It's all here: 30,000-year-old cave art sealed from the public; animals that are among the last of their species on Earth; volcanic lightning; giant...

Shows how to find subjects and compose pictures of the landscape, its weather and inhabitants.