Black Rock

Name: Black Rock
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ISBN: 9780874175912

ISBN-10: 0874175917

ISBN-13: 9780874175912

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peter Goin, Paul F. Starrs

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"Nevada's enigmatic Black Rock country, despite its apparent silence and isolation, is actually an area where natural forces are ceaselessly restless and life in many forms has endured for millennia. Its haunting landscape has been the focus of study and contemplation by scientists, explorers, outdoors aficionados, and artists. In black rock, photographer Peter Goin and geographer Paul F. Starrs explore this place from the viewpoints of their respective disciplines." "The Black Rock, a desert realm almost the size of Delaware but scarcely a hundred miles north of Reno, embraces mile-high vertical mountains and one of the earth's flattest, most barren salt pans; boiling hot springs and…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Publication date: 9/6/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 10.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 3.432
Language: English



Preface


Where the pavement ends


Playa


The view of god: overhead


Light


Thus the thunder spoke: water


Drama


Looking to land: profile


Signs


A good place to make love


Gerlach


Lying below: the subterranean


Earth


Immanence: fire


Water


Eddying insolitude: air


Forest


Source Citations


Bibliography


List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


About the Authors


Index