Earth from Above: 366 Days

by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Book Overview

This affordable picture-a-day compilation -- based on Abrams' international best-seller Earth from Above -- presents 365 aerial photographs that offer the most revealing, eye-popping view of our world... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810944499
• ISBN13: 9780810944497
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 792 Pages
• Weight: 5.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.8" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

A must read book.

The New Earth From Above. From the information in this book I can only think that the human race is intent on making itself extinct Who is going to going to stop our depletion of the earth's resources. Will we have an armageddon fighting over the last of our water, minerals, arable lane, etc.?

earth from above: 366 days

My husband and I love this book. We look at it every day. The text may be depressing, but it's a wake-up call to the destruction of beautiful areas like the ones depicted. The pictures are absolutely stunning and you will be astounded that there are such places in the world.

Inspiring images for many musings

As in Arthus Bertrand's previous editions of this sort his images are magnificant; and this volume continues that tradition. Aerial images from around the world--some urban, some landmarks, some purely natural, the diversity is welcomed, and the global key helps tremendously in locating oneself along his journey. For anyone looking for visual, graphical, and/or a natural image bank for inspiration this is a book to have, especially since the images are presented in a nice serial and raw manner. My only hesitation is that some of the text's editorializing disturbs the purity of the book. The images are too abstract to make many of these editorial arguments. Nonetheless, its the images' abstract quality that makes them so inspiring, and so forgive the words, buy the book and enjoy the book in its many ways.

Breathtaking Pictures

This is a really beautiful book and the author did some extensive research when compiling this book (it took him over a decade). The accompanying text is not very lengthy but the pictures are awesome and breathtaking. This is a wonderful book and great for coming up with ideas for your next vacation.

World's beauty vs. some of the factual realities

This unusual book lets you select your worldview by looking either to the left or to the right. The images on the left-hand pages are shockingly beautiful views of the surface of the earth from about 100 feet above. Images are often more abstract and graphic than one would expect. The right side pages are only text, often telling the stories of poverty, overpopulation and environmental contamination. Both are legitimate views of the same place. For me, and I expect for many readers, the message is clear: address the issues presented in the text or loose the beautiful world of the photographs.The photographic and printing quality are unusual good for a book of this limited price. The format is fairly small, but large enough to enjoy. Unfortunately the binding is on the short edge of this 2 plus inch thick book, making handling difficult and possibly leading to early binding failure.I have given this book as a gift a number of times and it has been well received.