An Exceptional Book | The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss

The Great Unknown | The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss | Claire Nouvian

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	• The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss Claire Nouvian University Of Chicago Press, 2007 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 65 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Whole Different World Down There

Our world is an amazing place, and the word "amazing" is meant in its truest sense. What "The Deep" does is to show just how intricately and delicately interconnected this planet is while revealing a hitherto unknown ecosphere in our deep oceans. Events on or near the surface nearly always take precedence but here the deep sea is documented and photographed as never before.

There are some creatures so alien in appearance that it is hard to believe they exist on this Earth. Many have been photographed for the very first time, and not a few are still unclassified. There are sea spiders, Spanish Dancers, glass squids, all manner of fish and jellies and one "cute" thing called a Yeti crab. They thrive in near total darkness, sometimes thousands of meters below the ocean's surface. It is a whole different world down there, and it exists right here on Earth.

Of course any text involved will relate the environmental destruction that man is wreaking in the deep sea. The author does this without preaching. It is just fact, and she is simply covering a part of the world that gets no media coverage because it is largely unknown.

Claire Nouvian's "The Deep" is a visually fascinating coffee-table book. The sturdy binding and thick printing paper contain some truly awe-inspiring photographs of the earth's deep sea creatures. The photographs themselves are crystal clear and taken up close to capture as much detail as possible. "The Deep" is a great gift idea for nature-lovers, ocean-lovers and anyone interested in just how fascinating life on this planet--in all its forms--is.

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An Exceptional Book

The production quality of this book was among the best I have seen. The photography was amazing, but the most intriguing aspect of this book was "how were these photographs taken?" If you are interested in life in the abyss this is a book you must buy.

The Great Unknown

This beautifully designed book once again illustrates how boring the LAND creatures are. Aquatic life will forever remain a mystery. These pictures are absolutely stunning. The variety of these critters (most of them of unknown species) will baffle even the most imaginative brain. A great addition for book-lovers, photographers and anyone interested in exotic marine life.

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Astonishing...

Words really can't describe this book. It's just page after page of astonishing photos of creatures from the deep sea. All the photos are of the highest technical excellence, and the creatures displayed seem like they must be from another planet. The most exotic land animals you've ever seen come off as quite mundane in comparison to what you'll see in The Deep.

Amazing photography

Starting with the movie Titanic, there has been a growing interest in the ocean. This interest has been fed by the growing number of miniseries that have appeared on the Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, BBC, PBS and other news media. Some examples include James Cameron's Aliens of the Deep, the Blue Planet series, and Shark Week. Ths interest has also spilled over into the written media, with the latest fluorish being this book by French author Claire Nouvian. Packaged in the format of a coffee table book, it contains some of the most astounding photographs of wildlife I have ever seen.

The book is hefty, due to the large photo spreads, but is very readable, as I read it in 3 hours. The text flows quite well, and is interspersed with numerous photos and the occasional CG reproduction. Each section is short, and focuses on one tight subject; hence the book can be read in spurts of 10-15 minute intervals. The photographs are the principle selling point of this book. As it focuses on deep sea organisms, most of the creatures seen here will never be seen in Sea World or any other aquarium for that matter. The book is nice in that it provides pictures of over 100 different species of organisms, with a large and detailed caption for each figure.

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