000			02261cam a2200277Ma 4500
001			in500973278
005			20180722213850.0
008			120211s2012 nyua 000 0 eng
020			_a1603202293 (hbk)
020			_a9781603202299 (hbk)
035			_a(OCoLC)820516545
040			_aAU@ _beng _cAU@ _dOCLCO _dFOLLT _dNFG
049			_aNFGD _aNFCD
092			_a591.77 _bW872
245	0	0	_aWonders of the deep : _bthe astonishing splendor of the Seven Seas.
246	1		_iAt head of title: _aLife
260			_aNew York : _bLife Books, _cc2012.
300			_a141 p. : _bill. (chiefly col.) ; _c35 cm.
520			_aThere are moments in life when we simply gaze, and wonder. We look above, and contemplate deep space, the heavens: What is up there? At the shore, too, we peer upon the breaking waves, and we shiver: What is down there? There are animals unimaginable, some of the very biggest on earth and some of the very smallest. Now from the editors who have already produced Wonders of Life and Heaven on Earth - as well as the recent volume The Titanic, One Century Later - comes a new, oversized hardcover book on our undersea world. In these pages is the best-ever oceanic photography, much of it taken from deep-sea submersibles. Friends of LIFE include such as the artistic wizards Joel Meyerowitz, Michael Melford and Fred Bavendam, and the adventuring scientist Robert Ballard; their work is represented here. Beautiful flora as well as incredible fauna is featured. We dive to the deep-sea vents, which nurture animals too freaky to be believed. We swim with, and learn about, the dolphins and manatees. The horror and sublimity of the sea is fully captured in this book, in dramatic narrative as well as pictures. Of course we deal with whales and sharks, but also with shipwrecks, and the tales behind them. There is the natural history of the sea - where did it come from, what is its future? - and also the story of man's interaction with the oceans, from Noah to Herman Melville to Jacques Cousteau to the Japanese tsunami.
650		0	_aMarine animals _vPictorial works. _9116900
650		0	_aPhotography, Artistic. _921313
710	2		_aLife Books (Firm) _9116302
942			_cBOOK _018
994			_aC0 _bNFG
998			_a007337583
999			_c149695 _d149695