The Great Barrier Reef

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The cool blue depths of the Great Barrier Reef, one of the most famous coral reefs in the world, come alive and into fascinating focus in this magnificent book. There are over 100 photographs, all in full colour, with a lively and interesting text which provides an intriguing glimpse into the extraordinary underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef. These are some of the best underwater photographs ever taken - all the more impressive because ail the pictures were taken by a free swimming diver with a hand-held camera. There are no tank or aquarium shots in the book.
Allan Power, the Australian author-photographer, has been diving for 21 years, since he was 14 years old. His photographs have appeared throughout the world, and he has won several national and international competitions in underwater photography.
Allan Power has taken us into the world of the skin diver — a world of fish, clams, shells and creatures of the reef, many of them highly dangerous. There are sections in... Tovább

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The cool blue depths of the Great Barrier Reef, one of the most famous coral reefs in the world, come alive and into fascinating focus in this magnificent book. There are over 100 photographs, all in full colour, with a lively and interesting text which provides an intriguing glimpse into the extraordinary underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef. These are some of the best underwater photographs ever taken - all the more impressive because ail the pictures were taken by a free swimming diver with a hand-held camera. There are no tank or aquarium shots in the book.
Allan Power, the Australian author-photographer, has been diving for 21 years, since he was 14 years old. His photographs have appeared throughout the world, and he has won several national and international competitions in underwater photography.
Allan Power has taken us into the world of the skin diver — a world of fish, clams, shells and creatures of the reef, many of them highly dangerous. There are sections in this book on corals, sea-stars and sea-urchins, on molluscs, turtles, sponges and the dangerous stone fish, scorpion fish, stingrays and eels. In fact, none of the reef subjects which have intrigued experts for more than a certtury are omitted in the simple, easy-to-follow text. The Australian Great Barrier Reef has remained high among the great wonders of the world since Captain Cook discovered it in 1770. Its coral reefs and islands, covering an area of 80,000 square miles and 1,250 miles in length, are a compelling lure to the tourist, the scientist and the nature lover. Anyone fascinated by the exploration of a comparitively unknown world will want this book, and they will have the additional pleasure of possessing some of the best underwater photographs ever taken; photographs of animals in their natural habitat. Vissza