Earthsong. by Angelika Jung-Huttl - 2004.

New York, NY Phaidon Press , 2004. Paperback First Ed thus, later printing. Near Fine in Wraps: shows just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing; a couple of wrinkles at the bottom of the front panel, near the hinge. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Folio. 232pp. Photography by Bernhard Edmaier. First Ed thus, later printing. Trade Paperback. Edmaier takes us to a variety of isolated and relatively unpopulated areas for some terrific aerial photos of our planet. We see water, ice, tundra, glaciers, sandy deserts, volcanoes, coasts, grassland, and forests. And Jung-Huettl's descriptions of what we are seeing are nicely done. The overall effect is eerie, as if the Earth were uninhabited (by our species, at least) and we humans were looking the place over and trying to decide if we wanted to visit it, live there, or try someplace else. In any case, the photographs are marvellous and show plenty of detail. If I were writing a book on planetary science, I'd want to use a couple of these photos for the section on our little world.