National geographic rarely seen photographs of the extraordinary

• Other Authors: Hitchcock, Susan Tyler (Compiler)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. National geographic 2015
• Subjects: Travel photography; Documentary photography; Nature photography; Landscape photography; Geography > Pictorial works
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
• Physical Description: 399 pages illustrations colour 29 cm.
• ISBN: 9781426215612

National Geographic's dazzling photography book of visual wonders, shot by some of the world's finest photographers, reveals a world very few will have the chance to see for themselves. This New York Times bestseller features striking images of places, events, natural phenomena, and manmade heirlooms seldom seen by human eyes. It's all here: 30,000-year-old cave art sealed from the public; animals that are among the last of their species on Earth; volcanic lightning; giant crystals that have grown to more than 50 tons; the engraving inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. With an introduction by National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez, whose work has taken him from the Peruvian Andes to the deepest caves of Papua New Guinea, Rarely Seen captures once-in-a-lifetime moments, natural wonders, and little-seen objects from the far reaches of the globe.