America from Space

By Thomas B. Allen

Book Overview

From the sprawling cities of California to Maine's island-flecked coast, from the glaciers of Alaska to the beaches of Florida, here is the United States as you have never seen it before. America from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552095592
• ISBN13: 9781552095591
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.0" x 0.6" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12

Customer Reviews

Fine-quality photos, but poor proofreading

_____________________________________________ I've always been fascinated by satellite photos of earth, and I own several books of them. This has better-quality reproduction than any of mine, and is focussed on the USA, which is nice if you live here. I might quibble with the large number of false-color photos -- but then there are some nice side-by-side comparison shots too. The text is so-so & bears signs of hasty and careless composition: New Orleans is described as "five miles below sea level"; there's a "Vertical" Assembly Building at NASA's Canaveral spaceport -- but the photos are bright and clear. I'm particularly taken by one meandering-river shot (p. 96), where you can almost see the meander-bends moving, whipping back & forth across the flood plain. Or check out the wonderful Ouachita ridge- & -valley shot at p.92-93. At least have a look at a library copy -- I'll probably buy one if I see it at a good price. review copyright 1999 by Peter D. Tillman Consulting Geologist, Tucson & Santa Fe (USA)

Book of colored pictures, not photographs

The colored pictues are amazingly beautiful, and there are lots of them showing fine details of the US. The only thing you have to think about before buying this book is that they are not true-color photographs. The satellite digitally recorded infrared reflection from the earth surface. (Various objects reflect diferent infrared wavelengths). Since the infrared has no color, the colors had to be assigned to them. Even though you end up with very detailed pictures of spectacular colors, they are not their true colors. If you want a true-color (and even more beutiful) book of photograps from space, you should buy the book "Orbit" by National Geographic Society. It has true-color photographs taken by hand-held cameras of astronauts. I own both books and love them both, but if you have to choose one, "Orbit" is a clear winner..

Photographs of the USA Taken From Space

This book contains over a hundred color photographs of the United States, some of which are digitally enhanced, taken by remote sensing satellites and space shuttle astronauts. A small amount of text and a location of a map accompanies each photograph.The book presents most of the major geological features of the United States and has at least one photograph from each state. As someone who has traveled and lived in many places in the USA, some of them quite remote, I was amazed to see what geological features I had overlooked. There are also a good number of photographs showing some of the major cities in America.If you like good photography or geology, this book is definitely for you.

pleasant viewing

I liked the book alright I would of liked to work on it als