Spacecam
Photographing the Final Frontier - from Apollo to Hubble
Published on 29. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4463-0052-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Spacecam" celebrates the unique perspective of cameras freed from the confines of Earth: looking back at our own colourful planet and charting the activity of satellites and space shuttles. This title also explores the solar system with stunning pictures of our nearest neighbours, and thanks to technology like the Hubble Space Telescope, strange and beautiful images of deep space. With amazing photographs from space-ships and stations, satellites, space telescopes, probes and planetary rovers, "Spacecam" brings together the beautiful, the pioneering and the scientifically astounding in a spectacular photographic collection.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Newton Abbot
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 150 mm
Width: 182 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4463-0052-7 (9781446300527)
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Persons
Terry Hope is an award-winning journalist and author. He has written for numerous photographic magazines, and was most recently Editor of Professional Photographer. He is a regular contributor to The Times, The Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian and is also the author of Earthcam. He lives in Brasted, Kent.
Content
Introduction; Part 1: Looking Out; Man in Space: the Moon; Man in Space: Earth Orbit; The Planets; Beyond the Solar System; Part 2: Looking Back; Geography; Weather and Climate; Dramatic Incidents; Index.