New Zealand Karst is a high-quality coffee-table book by geoscientist and photographer Max Wisshak and his wife Stefanie Wisshak. The book is aimed equally at a readership interested in natural science and at friends of skilful nature photography. Accompanied by a foreword contributed by renowned karst researcher Paul W. Williams, the lavishly designed 256-page work guides readers through the diverse aspects of New Zealand karst landscapes and caves. The authors characterise this voyage as follows:
"Karstified landscapes are among the most bizarre on our planet - both above and below ground. New Zealand Karst takes you on a visual journey across sublime karst scenery and into the subterranean wilderness of New Zealand caves. Accompanied by popular scientific texts, stunning images lead you from the sculptured limestone pavements of the alpine marble karst to the grassland and jungle karst of the foothills, onwards into the twilight zone and deeper into the caves. It explores the diversity of peculiar features and creatures of the underground, ventures back into the light of cave ruins, and concludes with karst-related Maori rock art.
Learn about the life cycle of the endemic glowworm and the critically endangered Nelson cave spider. Explore the majesty of cave minerals forming speleothems of all types. Discover the many roles water plays in shaping karst and understand the vulnerability of these geotopes and biotopes. New Zealand Karst reveals how you can appreciate karst as a phenomenon where geological, biological, and archaeological beauty all come together in harmony."
In addition to the standard edition, the coffee-table book is also available as a limited special edition in an elegant slipcase.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
". outstandingly impressive, a gorgeous volume of images ."
". it is not only the location that counts, but the sheer enjoyment of sitting quietly and feeling peace that exudes from 'being there', a vicarious pleasure transmitted by the images ."
(Descent magazine)
". the images either make you gasp or long to be on rope ."
". stunning landscape images, that really capture the ecological diversity of New Zealand and how these landscapes influence the structure of the resulting caves that form ."
". Max has a reputation for being one of the best cave photographers in the world, and this book shows how he has earned that reputation ."
(NSS News)
Sprache
Verlagsort
Editions-Typ
Illustrationen
1
1 Zeichnung, 232 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 1 farbige Abbildung, 1 Graphik
232 colour photos and 3 graphs
Maße
Höhe: 22.5 cm
Breite: 31.5 cm
Dicke: 28 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-9821714-0-1 (9783982171401)
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