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Sto caricando le informazioni... Canyons of the Texas High Plainsdi Wyman Meinzer
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No one captures Texas like Wyman Meinzer, whether his subject is its skies, weather, wildlife, rivers, or what lies below the skyline of his native West Texas. Here, in this gem of a portfolio, are fifty vistas of those geological wonders that have fascinated artists, writers, and musicians from around the world for centuries and continue to hold spellbound a half million visitors annually. Through Meinzers eye the reader beholds the change of seasons beneath the Palisaded Plains skyline in Palo Duro, Tule, Caprock, and Cita Canyons. Framing Meinzers work in elegant historic context, preeminent Panhandle historian Frederick W. Rathjen gives us a rare appreciation of the topographic majesty of the Permian Red Beds that 230 to 280 million years ago lay below a shallow sea and through subsequent millennia and riverine deposit, erosion, and redeposit would gain variegated walls and formations of gray, yellow, maroon, lavender, and orange shown most conspicuously in the lovely Spanish Skirts. Only from high above can one grasp the totality of topographic relationships in the canyon lands and appreciate the massive complexes extending eastward from the escarpment of the Llano Estacado. Even a person of only slight imagination must be overwhelmed with this mighty work of nature, and must stretch both emotion and intellect to take in its magnitude. For more photo studies by Wyman Meinzer, see ""Coyote"", ""The Roadrunner"", and ""Playas: Jewels of the Plains"". Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)976.4History and Geography North America South Central U.S. TexasClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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As most of you know, Meinzer began as a wildlife photographer, then broadened his work to document all of the natural world in the drier part of Texas. His photos in this book are so good, there is nothing at all to criticize. They're all perfect and invoke beauty and wildness. Those who have not hiked through these canyons should know that they really are like this, beautiful and inspiring. It takes a superb photographer to actually capture that.
From these vistas and scenes, you can almost feel the interdependence between the plants and animals and between both and the climate, the water, and its erosive forces. ( )