Planetfall: New Solar System Visions
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1419704222 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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His book Far Out: A Space-Time Chronicle was heralded in the New York Times as an extraordinary achievement: “If you don’t have your own Hubble Space Telescope, this book is the next best thing.” He lives in New York City.. Michael Benson, a writer, filmmaker, and photographer, is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on astronomical imager
His book Far Out: A Space-Time Chronicle was heralded in the New York Times as an extraordinary achievement: “If you don’t have your own Hubble Space Telescope, this book is the next best thing.” He lives in New York City.. About the AuthorMichael Benson, a writer, filmmaker, and photographer, is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on astronomical imagery
Since Michael Benson’s masterful book Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes, new, more powerful cameras in probes with greatly improved maneuverability have traversed the wheeling satellites of Jupiter; roamed the boulder-strewn red deserts of Mars; studied Saturn’s immaculate rings; and shown us our own ravishing Earth, a blue-white orb with a disturbingly thin atmosphere, as it plunges deeper into ecological crisis. Wonder.” —NPR“Beautiful interplanetary images.” —MSNBC “Beautiful visions of what’s out there.” —The Huffington Post“To encounter a Benson landscape is to be in awe of not only how he sees the universe, but also the ways in which he composes the never-ending celestial ballet.” —Time. Find a chair. Thanks to the photog
Definitely Another "Must-Buy" Michael Benson Masterpiece Douglas Michael Benson's new photo-essay book about our Solar System is of the same high quality as his two previous masterworks, "Beyond" and "Far Out."His previous work, "Far Out," covered the enormous size and timescape of the entire universe, as it is perceived by us.This time, in "Planetfall," Benson returns home to our own cosmic back. "Stunning Photography" according to Nick. Many of the pictures in this book are breathtakingly beautiful. Totally worth it. My very minor gripes are: First, I wish it was more comprehensive in its coverage of the solar system. There isn't really any coverage of Mercury, Venus, Uranus, or Neptune (or the demoted Pluto), but not many nice pictures of those exist at anywhere o. "Heavily concentrated on earth, the moon, and mars." according to Viv is da bomb rodriguez. A great book for the person not too familiar with the "space community" but for someone who is in tune with space exploration and imagery this book failed to impress. Concentrated a little too much on earth, the moon, and mars too. Still a beautiful book.