National Geographic Spectacle: Rare and Astonishing Photographs

From the Publisher Every photographer dreams of capturing the instant when the light, composition, and action line up to create a spectacular photograph. These are the rare gems that cause you to question yourself. 'Did I just take that picture? I’m not capable of taking that picture. It’s just too good.' These are the images guided by magic. Rare and Astonishing Photographs Featuring more than 200 color images, including acclaimed photography from the National Geographic Image Collection, this volume presents a dazzling array of natural and manmade wonders, unusual phenomena, and amusing curiosities. Each page will enlighten and inspire, presenting our world at its best. Forces Beyond Us Some photographs plunge into chaos. Chaos—from the ancient Greek for the nether abyss, the earliest of days, shape without form or meaning: It may be where it all started, but chaos looms in the corners and hovers in the moments of our lives every day. There is no way we humans can hold back thes