Islands in the Sky: Scenes from the Colorado Plateau

by Jeff Nicholas

Book Overview

Lavishly illustrated with the full-color imagery of America's leading landscape photographers -- yet bargain priced! Each title includes captions and a concise essay on the natural and human histories of the subject.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939365162
• ISBN13: 9780939365166
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Sierra Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

No intelligent person could ever call this land desolate

The forces of nature are artistic in form, as can be seen from the images in this collection. All of the photos were taken in the Colorado River area from the state of Colorado down to the area of Lake Mead. Most were taken in national parks or other public lands. Some of the natural carvings are astonishing; over time the grains of sand blown by the wind have carved giant prominences of rock that seem to be reaching for the sky in supplication. And on occasion, there will be the remains of an ancient dwelling that seems to have been carved out of the rocks. My favorite in that area is found on page 37, and the caption is "White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly, N. M. In the eyes of many, the lands seen in these photos are desolate. However, that is a simplistic view. If you are capable of looking deeper, there is a great deal of beauty to behold.