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BBC Planet Earth #1.5
Planet Earth: The Photographs
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- GenresNonfictionPhotography
288 pages, Hardcover
Published October 4, 2007
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November 29, 2015
This book is almost ten years old. And still its information is relevant and the photographs (which is what this book is all about) are stunning.
This is the companion to the BBC's DVD box set Planet Earth which I must have seen about a million times. I love the BBC's documentaries - especially when they are narrated by David Attenborough. So in addition to the episodes I also got this book when seeing it on a sale years ago.
The book is split into 10 categories:
1. Frozen Poles
2. The Great Forests
3. The Great Plains
4. The Great Sands
5. Mountain Heights
6. The Underworld (caves)
7. Fresh Water
8. Rainforests
9. Shallow Seas
10. Open Ocean Depths
This is Alastair Fothergill, author of this book and producer of most of the BBC's documentaries:
As I said before, this book is mostly about the stunning sights our beautiful little planet has to offer. However, there are also opinions and quotes from over 30 different experts and so-called opinion-makers (whatever that actually means) about environmental issues and conservation and what the future might hold in store for nature and us. In short, it's meant to make people care about the world we live in and to be a wake-up call so we start preserving.
This is the companion to the BBC's DVD box set Planet Earth which I must have seen about a million times. I love the BBC's documentaries - especially when they are narrated by David Attenborough. So in addition to the episodes I also got this book when seeing it on a sale years ago.
The book is split into 10 categories:
1. Frozen Poles
2. The Great Forests
3. The Great Plains
4. The Great Sands
5. Mountain Heights
6. The Underworld (caves)
7. Fresh Water
8. Rainforests
9. Shallow Seas
10. Open Ocean Depths
This is Alastair Fothergill, author of this book and producer of most of the BBC's documentaries:
As I said before, this book is mostly about the stunning sights our beautiful little planet has to offer. However, there are also opinions and quotes from over 30 different experts and so-called opinion-makers (whatever that actually means) about environmental issues and conservation and what the future might hold in store for nature and us. In short, it's meant to make people care about the world we live in and to be a wake-up call so we start preserving.
April 22, 2019
Stunning collection of photos from the TV series.
May 12, 2014
I haven't gotten about to reading 'Planet Earth- As You've Never Seen It Before', which is the comparatively well-known book in this series but I feel that 'Planet Earth- The Photographs' is itself an awe-inspiring piece of work as an amazing collage of stunning photographs taken across all seven continents, albeit with less focus on the Asian and Australian continents.
Although the captions in the latter are less informative in comparison to the detailed write-ups in the former, they provide interesting facts about certain natural wonders of our world, plants, animals and their way of life. In addition, despite its featuring species that are lesser known and are physiognomically less attractive such as the Ocean Sunfish and the Palm Worms, more emphasis is placed on charismatic megafauna like penguins, polar bears and seals.
Nevertheless, this book introduces the reader to a large variety of animal species residing in habitats ranging from deserts to the twilight zone. It also exposes you to the magnificence of our world and its many sights.
The book evidently aims to raise environmentalism, and it has certainly moved me to see these very places and animals for myself and to do what little I can to protect them. However, I feel that it may not be insufficient to convince the average layperson without the intrinsic love for nature, to feel the need to take immediate action for animal and environmental conservation
Although the captions in the latter are less informative in comparison to the detailed write-ups in the former, they provide interesting facts about certain natural wonders of our world, plants, animals and their way of life. In addition, despite its featuring species that are lesser known and are physiognomically less attractive such as the Ocean Sunfish and the Palm Worms, more emphasis is placed on charismatic megafauna like penguins, polar bears and seals.
Nevertheless, this book introduces the reader to a large variety of animal species residing in habitats ranging from deserts to the twilight zone. It also exposes you to the magnificence of our world and its many sights.
The book evidently aims to raise environmentalism, and it has certainly moved me to see these very places and animals for myself and to do what little I can to protect them. However, I feel that it may not be insufficient to convince the average layperson without the intrinsic love for nature, to feel the need to take immediate action for animal and environmental conservation
March 4, 2015
I haven't gotten about to reading 'Planet Earth- As You've Never Seen It Before', which is the comparatively well-known book in this series but I feel that 'Planet Earth- The Photographs' is itself an awe-inspiring piece of work as an amazing collage of stunning photographs taken across all seven continents, albeit with less focus on the Asian and Australian continents.
Although the captions in the latter are less informative in comparison to the detailed write-ups in the former, they provide interesting facts about certain natural wonders of our world, plants, animals and their way of life. In addition, despite its featuring species that are lesser known and are physiognomically less attractive such as the Ocean Sunfish and the Palm Worms, more emphasis is placed on charismatic megafauna like penguins, polar bears and seals.
Nevertheless, this book introduces the reader to a large variety of animal species residing in habitats ranging from deserts to the twilight zone. It also exposes you to the magnificence of our world and its many sights.
The book evidently aims to raise environmentalism, and it has certainly moved me to see these very places and animals for myself and to do what little I can to protect them. However, I feel that it may not be insufficient to convince the average layperson without the intrinsic love for nature, to feel the need to take immediate action for animal and environmental conservation.
Although the captions in the latter are less informative in comparison to the detailed write-ups in the former, they provide interesting facts about certain natural wonders of our world, plants, animals and their way of life. In addition, despite its featuring species that are lesser known and are physiognomically less attractive such as the Ocean Sunfish and the Palm Worms, more emphasis is placed on charismatic megafauna like penguins, polar bears and seals.
Nevertheless, this book introduces the reader to a large variety of animal species residing in habitats ranging from deserts to the twilight zone. It also exposes you to the magnificence of our world and its many sights.
The book evidently aims to raise environmentalism, and it has certainly moved me to see these very places and animals for myself and to do what little I can to protect them. However, I feel that it may not be insufficient to convince the average layperson without the intrinsic love for nature, to feel the need to take immediate action for animal and environmental conservation.
November 14, 2013
The team that put together the video survey of the Earth's animal life and biomes has assembled still photographs from the project for a book version of the survey. Each photo is accompanied by a brief description, and these are loaded all sorts of interesting and varied facts. Quotes from scientists are intermixed with the photos. Between the quotes and the photo descriptions, the reader doesn't just get some wonderful pictures of this planet and its inhabitants, they get a wealth of information as well. Of course, I think it is also perfectly fine to flip through and enjoy the incredible photographs of animals and landscapes. (I know that's what I would have done in grade school.) But as the pictures draw readers in they are likely to be curious enough to glance at the descriptions every once in a while and just might learn something if they aren't careful. Oh, and unlike some other photographic animal books, shows predation in action but without the gore (very little blood or innards shown at all).
January 4, 2016
This is a beautiful coffee table book. The equivalent of a widescreen photography experience. Why I just compared content in a book to content formatted on a screen I have no idea. Perhaps it's because I'm so immersed in my digital world that the joy of reading physical books is becoming novel. Anyway...I enjoyed the bite-sized facts detailing the moments of life in nature, overlaying stunning photographs featuring rarely-seen species. I liked that the book was categorized by habitat type (underwater, caves, forest, etc.) and not strictly by species or in some geographically-based smorgasbord of random yet colorful presentation of flora and fauna. I felt more like I was traveling around the world with the photographers, as opposed to visiting a zoo. If you have a chance take some time to check out every single pages this BBC book, at least to take a break from staring at pixels on screens for hours on end. You'll gain an appreciation for the larger world outside of your own.
April 16, 2016
A tie in book to the BBC series of the same name. This is a collection of the best still images and some from the high definition film of all the locations and animals that they showed on the programme.
The images are exquisite. There is a little explanation for each and this is kept very small, giving more room for the pictures.
The images are exquisite. There is a little explanation for each and this is kept very small, giving more room for the pictures.
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