San Antonio College Library

"Orbit takes the reader into space for astronaut's views of home: Cape Cod arching into the Atlantic, Mount Everest casting its shadow over lesser peaks, the sands of the Sahara arrayed in endless patterns. Like any travelers, these voyagers in space have aimed their cameras at sights that startled their eyes. They have flown through the aurora and captured its rippling, mystic colors. They have looked down upon storms and volcanoes. And they have...

Takes you into orbit over the United States. From the sprawling cities of California to Maine's island-flecked coast, from the glaciers of Alaska to the beaches of Florida, here is the United States as you have never seen it before.

"In Patterns of the Earth, Bernhard Edmaier's photographs of the unspoiled areas of the earth are organized by the shape and form of the patterns they depict. Very different geological forces can create surprisingly similar structures, making for unexpected links between the most disparate regions of the planet. Craters, pools and streams; estuaries, icebergs and salt flats; sea beds, deserts and glaciers - all are represented in this panoply of patterns,...

"Earthrise" tells the remarkable story of the first photographs of Earth fromspace and the totally unexpected impact of those images.

Dazzling photographs and images from space of our planet's nightlights have captivated public attention for decades. In such images, patterns are immediately seen based on the presence or absence of light: a distinct coastline, bodies of water recognizable by their dark silhouettes, and the faint tendrils of roads and highways emanating from the brilliant blobs of light that are our modern, well-lit cities. These lights and the darkness tell stories...

A step-by-step art instruction book to help you learn to paint and draw from photographs.