The Grand Canyon : unseen beauty : running the Colorado River / Tom Blagden Jr. ; foreword by Roderick F. Nash.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, New York : Rizzoli, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 222 pages : colour illustrations, map ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780847866403
- 0847866408
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Hakeke Street Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 979.1 BLA | Available | T00820899 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The majesty of the Grand Canyon is celebrated from the Colorado River as it continues to carve America's natural wonder from a mile below the rim.
As one of the Wonders of the World and the most iconic national park in America, the Grand Canyon enthralls six million visitors each year. Only a small fraction of those people, however, have the privilege of experiencing the canyon by rafting down the Colorado River. The Grand Canyon captures and evokes the power of that journey from the drama of the rapids and the immeasurable scale of the canyon walls to the subtle rock patterns and varied life forms.
What started as an exceptional opportunity for Tom Blagden to raft through The Canyon in 2006 with Rod Nash at the oars has evolved into a passionate photographic pursuit that still continues. The route--the River--is the same every time but the experience constantly variable and deeply profound. Rafters never tire of it and, if anything, feel more in awe of the Canyon's magnificence with each trip.
Tom Blagden's images and Rod Nash's essay reveal the canyon from a different perspective portraying what it's like to be on the river and immersed a mile deep, surrounded by rock almost half the age of the earth. On the centennial of Grand Canyon National Park it seems only fitting that we journey together to this unique place through the pages of this astonishing book. The book weaves a wondrous adventure that will bring readers along on a journey while raising questions about the significance of a national park and an iconic American river and how to sustain them for generations to follow.
Color maps on endpapers.
The majesty of the Grand Canyon is celebrated from the Colorado River as it continues to carve America's natural wonder from a mile below the rim. -- Publisher description.