An anthology of our extraordinary Earth
Book - 2023
"From molten-hot rock and smouldering volcanoes to icy glaciers and bubbling springs, this . . . compendium unlocks the mysteries of our living, breathing planet Earth"--BTCat.
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New York, NY :
DK Publishing
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- First American edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 224 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
- ISBN
- 9780744083903
9780241585375
- Planet Earth
- Earth's layers
- Core
- Mantle
- Rocky crust
- Giant's path
- Meteor Crater
- Rock cycle
- Devils Tower
- Rainbow rocks
- Fossils
- Marble
- Metals
- Carbon cycle
- Amethyst
- Diamond
- Land
- Earth's plates
- Between two plates
- Fault line
- Rising mountains
- Folding rock
- Salt dome
- Child of Krakatau
- Ash cloud
- Pahoehoe lava
- A'a lava
- Acid pools
- Geyser
- Islands
- Volcanic island
- Sea stacks
- Shaping stone
- Honeycomb weathering
- Chalk cliffs
- Landslide
- Avalanche
- Water
- Water cycle
- Braided river
- River shapes
- River delta
- Liquid Rainbow
- Waterfall
- Salt lake
- Crater Lake
- Fjords
- Giant cave
- Speleothems
- Cave pearls
- Ocean zones
- Smoking chimneys
- Manganese nodules
- Ocean ooze
- Waves
- Whirlpool
- Coral reef
- Coral atoll
- Kelp forest
- Sorgassum
- Red tide
- Polar regions
- Snow monsters
- Glacier
- Sea ice
- Striped iceberg
- Blue ice
- Ice cave
- Frozen waterfall
- Air
- Earth's atmosphere
- Auroras
- Wind
- Clouds
- Storm cloud
- Rain
- Tornado
- Fog
- Hailstone
- Ice storm
- Snowflakes
- Rainbow
- Bows and halos
- Everlasting storm
- Mud cracks
- Landscapes
- Biomes
- Hot desert
- Cold desert
- Mushroom rock
- Sand
- Karst
- Savanna
- Temperate forest
- Rainbow eucalyptus
- Cloud forest
- Taiga
- Forest trees
- Tundra
- Tropical wetland
- Mangrove swamp
- Rice terraces
- Creating land
- Glossary
- Visual guide
- Index
- Acknowledgments