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 Over The Mountains 9" x 12" 128 pages, Color US $29.95  eology is thrilling. It’s the story of the earth in all its splendor. It’s an excitement that has always been hard to capture between the covers of a book. In Over The Mountains, author/photographer Michael Collier has done just that. Collier is a geologist, a warm and vivid writer, an acclaimed aerial photographer, and an experienced pilot. He makes full use of all these skills to convey his passion for geology to the reader. Collier flies his Cessna 180 to impossibly remote regions to find the places where the earth’s secrets are revealed. He pilots the tiny plane up mountain faces, down into canyons, and across glaciers, hugging the terrain, looking for the perfect shot. Using the plane as a tripod, he steadies his camera and squeezes the shutter. The photographs in Over The Mountains are among Collier’s finest work. They are beautiful, works of art in any other context, but just as important is the wealth of detail they contain. Each one lays bare some aspect of the earth’s geological underpinnings. To the photos, Collier has added his own crystal-clear interpretation of the landforms and the forces that created them. Over The Mountains is an unforgettable geology field trip in the company of a knowledgeable and articulate guide. His passion for the subject is contagious; his point of view is unique. From the window of the little Cessna, the wonders of the earth come into sharp focus. | |
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