Extreme Earth - A Journey Through the World's Most Dangerously Beautiful Places

This volume celebrates the most dramatic and often the most dangerous places on the planet. The book is divided into four chapters: Earth, Fire, Air and Water. Each section celebrates the natural world's most astonishing phenomena: the most active volcano, the highest waterfall, the bluest landscape, the driest desert, the deepest lake, the highest tsunami, to name but a few contemporary views of the planet. Contributions by Sebastian Junger, Simon Winchester, Dervla Murphy, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and more...