- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811831329
- ISBN-13: 978-0811831321
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16.8 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 535 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,399,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
The strange and beautiful creatures that call the Galapagos Islands home come to life in this breathtaking 3D celebration of one of the world's most fascinating and popular ecological travel destinations. Hammerhead sharks, penguins, tortoises, egrets, eels, flamingoes, and rays are among the amazing array of marine and shore life featured in revolutionary, up-close stereo photography, underwater and on land. Sturdy 3-D glasses innovatively bound into the cover, accessible, informative captions that present the most interesting facts about each animal and its environment; and a helpful glossary combine to make this book an appealing introduction to natural science for children and fun portrait of one of the natural world's most unique and intriguing places.
About the Author
Mark Blum has been photographing the world in 3-D for three decades. Specializing in natural history subjects, he is best known for his pioneering underwater stereoscopic photography. Author of six 3-D books, he lives in Pacific Grove, California.
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This unique stereo photograph was taken on the deep ocean floor along the Galapagos Rift, about 200 miles (120 kilometers) west of the Galapagos Islands. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
This unique stereo photograph was taken on the deep ocean floor along the Galapagos Rift, about 200 miles (120 kilometers) west of the Galapagos Islands. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A new hero in the 3D World,
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This review is from: Galapagos in 3-D (Hardcover)
Worth every penny. Mark's photos are one of the few ways to appreciate the underwater and terrestrial landscape as close to real life as possible, without the hassles of separate glasses.I felt I was back underwater with Mark's book. If these images moved, it would be more thrilling!
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Fabulous book with stereo 3-D photos!,
By "rlangloi" (Champaign, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Galapagos in 3-D (Hardcover)
GALAPAGOS IN 3-DFabulous book with stereo 3-D photos! I highly recommended this book for school children and adults alike. I was introduced to the book by a friend and liked it so much that I sought out and bought all of the 3D books by Mark Blum. I find the price so reasonable that I've since bought more to give as gifts. I enjoy looking at the 3-D photos even more than my seven year old boy so I already know several adults and children who will be getting this book as a gift. The technical quality of the photos and printing of the books is very good. A magnifying, stereo viewer is built into a unique bi-fold cover of the book A little research showed that this idea is well over a hundred years old (like stereo photography) but I still find it very innovative because it is so rare and unusual. The photographer has an inspired eye and top technical skill. Not to mention an amazingly adventurous job. The 3D photos make it easy to imagine yourself scuba diving under a school of hammer head sharks! The writing accompanying each image adds to the photos with just the right amount of scientific and general information to serve both young and old reader. I like this book very much and I hope you find this review helpful. I recommend looking for the other 3-D books by Blum. They are all great!
5.0 out of 5 stars
How Cool Can a Picture Book Be??,
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This review is from: Galapagos in 3-D (Hardcover)
This series is plainly one of my all time favorites! All ages will love this book. Explore the wildlife and landscape of the famous Galapagos islands, above and below the ocean's surface. Galapagos in 3-D is filled with beautiful photography with informative captions. But, if you have normal binocular depth perception, you will be absolutely blown away by the amazing 3-D stereo effect. Mark Blum is certainly a leading practioner of the difficult art of stereo photography. He has designed and even built his own specialized cameras. He uses cameras capable of seeing the world from the perspective of a tiny shrimp, or giving the viewer a crystaline sense of depth in a vast scene of cactii spreading out to the horizon. I am especially intrigued by the underwater stereo photographs. The book ends with a magnifacent shot of 2 hammerhead sharks surrounded by a huge shoal of creolefish. The depth effect is incredible! I simply can't recommend Galapagos in 3-D highly enough! All of Mark Blum's books are superb!
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