Amazing Images of our changing world

Amazing is right. Jaw-dropping contrasts- some photos are over a hundred years apart, others just a few years. Very powerful. The text is minimal, and it works out well that way. The images are worth, well, you know. ( )

An oversized book stuffed with before and after images of places around the world which have been altered dramatically over the last few decades due to environmental change, war, urbanization, natural disasters, deliberate land transformation, and cultural activities. Pictures are matched as closely as possible to exact sites and angles, with a mixture of satellite images, street level shots, and panoramic photos.

Some of the changes are to be expected (melting glaciers, growth of cities, aerial views of bomb damage), while others are a surprise (disappearance of huge lakes, deforestation, the effects of a volcano on the paradise of Montserrat).

Very effective and a keeper for future perusal. ( )