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The Sun -- Reviews and Highlights
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"The Sun, a funky and petite
picture book...captures the many faces of our nearest star, as well as
its effect on earth and the human psyche. A masterful mix of satellite
imagery of the sun's fiery surface, amateur and pro shots of eclipses
and transits, auroras, rainbows, and sun-dappled forests... not one
photograph in this 240-page volume is out of place or repetitive... The
accompanying text manages to be both informative and inconspicuous." --
Chris
Wanjek, author of
Bad Medicine
"If you can’t always see the sun out the window – and it has been absent quite a bit this season – feast your eyes on The Sun...This book features gorgeous photos of everything having to do with sunlight, from the glittering orb itself to the myriad ways we see and experience the sun from our vantage points on Earth.” -- Melanie Lauwers, The Cape Cod Times
"The Many Faces of the Sun," a selection of images from The Sun, was recently published on Space.com. Click here >>
In The Sun, Steele Hill and Michael Carlowicz offer in text and photos a look at the sun's intricate relationship with the Earth in both scientific and mythical terms...The photos are arranged according to our view of the sun - images from the ground, then from the fringes of Earth's atmosphere, from the edge of space and finally at the sun's surface. The text provides facts and recent discoveries about the sun, and explains solar phenomena that we can see as well as those invisible to the naked eye...The first-known photo of the sun is here..." -- Ron Berthel, Associated Press
Credits: Chris Linder (both photos)
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"Visually
rich with images of the sun in its every mood, the book captures exactly
what makes us fall in love with the sun in the first place-—its warmth.
Every page is in itself a miniature monument to the sun...The text
explains the simplicity and intricacies of sun science without being
overbearing or techie." -- Alana Little, Goddard News