| Volcano: A Visual Guide | 
| Author: Donna O'Meara
Creator: Professor Aubrey Manning
Publisher: Firefly Books
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8 x 1
ISBN: 1554073537
Dewey Decimal Number: 551.21
EAN: 9781554073535
ASIN: 1554073537
Publication Date: January 18, 2008
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Rare and previously unpublished photographs of the most powerful of all natural events. Through 250 spectacular full-color images, Volcano: A Visual Guide takes readers on an armchair journey to 40 of the world's most active and important volcanoes. Informative text describes the features and structure of volcanoes, eruption dynamics, and what makes a volcano active, dormant or extinct. Fascinating details reveal how experts use technology to predict volcanic activity, and what volcanoes tell us about the geological history of Earth. Stunning color photographs of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions showcase volcanoes worldwide and beyond, including: - The United States
- Japan
- Indonesia
- Montserrat
- Italy
- The Galapagos Islands
- Papua New Guinea
- The Cook Islands
- The Philippines
- The Pacific Ocean
- New Zealand
- The Moon, Venus, Mars and Triton.
Volcanoes and the forces that create them produce many of our planet's most stunning natural spectacles and dramatic landscapes. Volcano: A Visual Guide provides a magical view inside the Earth's interior. (20080320)
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ALL MEDIA REVIEW 5/STAR FABULOUS SCIENCE WRITING December 9, 2007
Media Reviews
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a visual masterpiece featuring science writing at its very best. No high school or college classroom should be without it. It is printed in gorgeous coffee table book formt and will make a rich book addition to any collection. One of the most comprehensive books about international volcanoes all over our planet ever published in fun easy to read prose caption.
NO LIBRARY OR COFFEE TABLE CAN BE WITHOUT May 14, 2008
Samuel F. Palmer
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First, what this book is not: It is not a textbook. I.e. there are not many written pages.
What this book IS: a fabulous document of some of the most dramatic volcanoes around the globe. Every continent is included. Incredible photos. In fact, every page has two or three beautiful colour photos, with sidebars detailing the important salient qualities.
An outstanding and exciting contribution to my personal volcano library. A must!!!
I love this book! January 25, 2009
Keri Van Zeyst (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is full of great photos to look through. It photographs so many different areas too, including extraterrestrial volcanoes, hot springs and related areas from volcanoes, underwater volcanoes, etc. It's just great.
Morning Star Review January 15, 2009
Morning Star Reviews
A tour de force! Of all the volcanoes books written in recent times, none compare to Volcano: A Visual Guide. This book satisfies the reader at all levels. The images are nothing short of awesome. They were taken by the world's finest volcano photographers (including Donna O'Meara herself) and represent volcanoes from all around the world, including the great variety of eruptions and their products. Each photograph is accompanied by a highly descriptive legend that's written in a style that's sure to delight. The text is not only informative but creative. The research is precise and concise. If you're into volcanoes, you must have this book!
The most awesome group of volcano pictures ever! Perfect for adults and chidlren. May 26, 2010
K. Eckert (Minneapolis, MN)
I actually borrowed this book from the library because my son is so interested in volcanoes right now. At 3 years old he likes the pictures and short explanations more than anything else. This was such a great book that after returning it to the library I went a bought a copy of it to keep.
The book is broken down into a number of sections featuring lava lakes and flows, land formations caused by volcanoes, volcanoes on different planets, etc. I've been learning a lot about volcanoes lately because of my son's interest and this book had some interesting images in it that I had never seen or heard of before.
The book consists of wonderful pictures that are just stunning! Each picture has a short blurb associated with it that talks about where the land formation/volcano is located and gives a little history and information about it.
This is the perfect book for people of all ages. It has beautiful photographs that can be enjoyed by everyone, with some truly unique volcanic formations being shown. The little blurbs with each picture are written at an adult reading level but are short enough to hold a child's interest as well.
This is definitely more of a coffee table book than a reference book on Volcanoes. It doesn't talk as much about the "why volcanoes happen" as show you the where/when of current volcanic formations/activity. That being said there is a lot of good information on the different types of volcanic structures located throughout the world (and on other planets). It is a beautiful book, very high quality, I can't stress the beauty of the pictures enough.
This book has been an awesome addition to our home library and I highly recommend it to everyone...I don't care who you are this is one beautiful, captivating, and interesting book on volcanoes.
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