A World in One Cubic Foot: Portraits of Biodiversity

摘要: "A World in One Cubic Foot" puts the world accessibly our hands and allows us to behold magic of an ecosystem miniature. Liittschwager's awe-inspiring photographs take places both familiar exotic instill new awareness life that abounds all around. Twelve inches by twelve inches, cubic foot is a relatively tiny unit measure compared whole world. With every step, we disturb move through after foot. But nature - from coral reefs cloud forests tidal pools even finite space you can see multitude creatures make up vibrant ecosystem. "For A Foot", esteemed photographer David Liittschwager took bright green metal cube measuring precisely one set it various ecosystems around world, Costa Rica Central Park. Working with local scientists, he measured what moved small period twenty-four hours. He then photographed cube's setting plant, animal, insect inside anything visible naked eye. The result stunning portrait amazing diversity be found globe. Many organisms captured have rarely, if ever, been presented their full splendor general reader, singular beauty these images evocatively conveys richness essential need for its conservation. breathtaking are accompanied equally engaging essays speak landscapes worlds contained within them, distinguished contributors such as Elizabeth Kolbert Alan Huffman, addition foreword E. O. Wilson. After encountering this book, will never look at tiniest sliver your own backyard or neighborhood park same way; instead, stunned unexpected variety species area so small.