Spacecam: In Co-Operation With NASA [Hardcover]

Terry Hope (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0715321641 | ISBN-13: 978-0715321645

Photographs of space have always been fascinating and extraordinary and never more so than now that space telescopes such as Hubble are bringing us strange and beautiful images of unimaginably distant regions of the universe, even almost to the beginning of time. Spacecam celebrates the unique perspective of cameras freed from the confines of the earth; looking back at our own colourful planet and the patterns made by coastlines, river deltas and weather patterns, the activity in our own backyard of satellites and space shuttles, exploring the solar system with stunning pictures of our nearest neighbours, and of course the cosmic ballet of deep space. Utilizing amazing photographs from spaceships and stations, satellites, space telescopes, probes and planetary rovers, Spacecam will bring together the beautiful, the pioneering and the scientifically astounding, looking at our own tiny and fragile world, around us at our neighbours, and out into deep space.

Editorial Reviews

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With captions serving as text, this volume gathers 300 images, generally one per page, acquired from spacecraft from Apollo to the present. Hope notes the spectrum collected by the imaging instrument, be it radio, visible light, or ultraviolet, and then describes the scene. The book includes some of NASA's most famous photographs, but Hope is not stuck in a greatest-hits groove. He pulls pictures containing something intrinsically dramatic, either a wide-frame mosaic of an outer planet (e.g., Saturn) or zoom-magnification of the results of earthly catastrophe, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Others represent intrinsic scientific interest, such as clues to water collected by NASA's Martian flotilla, or the creation or destruction of stars as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Perhaps browsers will linger longest over the images of Earth's environment, and here Hope has chosen well: volcanoes, icebergs, storms, and pollution display the natural and man-made activity impressively or disturbingly visible from space. An economical option for libraries' space-age photography requirement. Gilbert Taylor
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About the Author

Terry Hope is a professional writer and photographer. He has written many books and magazine articles on a wide range of photographic subjects including the popular 'World's Top Photographers' titles for Rotovision. He has also been editor of a number of photographic magazines, most recently WHSmith's award-winning own brand photography magazine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: David & Charles (October 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715321641
• ISBN-13: 978-0715321645
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,179,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A visual exploration of Earth and deep space as seen from a variety of mediums, November 7, 2005

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This review is from: Spacecam: In Co-Operation With NASA (Hardcover)

Spacecam: Photographing The Final Frontier From Apollo To Hubble provides a visual exploration of Earth and deep space as seen from a variety of mediums: from the eyes of astronauts, satellites, space telescopes, and NASA probes. Lovely color photos on every page pack in what astronauts and probes see in space; from images of Earth to other worlds. There have been many other astronomy photo books published over the years, but most have a more singular focus: Hubble, Earth-from-Moon, etc. Spacecam is the most multi-faceted collection of them all.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, June 30, 2008

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This review is from: Spacecam: In Co-Operation With NASA (Hardcover)

For those who can't afford a personal trip to the space station, this book provides excellent views of our planet from space. The photographs cover almost the whole globe and are very high quality.