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The Field Guide to Natural Wonders.
An engaging and beautifully presented guide to nature's most theatrical and mysterious events.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2010.
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| Colección: | Black's nature guides.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: CELESTIAL PHENOMENA; The Universe in Motion; Our Solar System; The Moon; Casting Shadows; Identification Guides; Meteors; The Seasons; The Phases of the Moon; Eclipse of the Moon; Eclipse of the Sun; Chapter Two: OPTICAL PHENOMENA; Light from the Sun; Clear-Air Phenomena; Water-Droplet Phenomena; Rainbows; Ice-Crystal Phenomena; The Curtains of Heaven: The Aurora; Identification Guides; Superior Mirage; Rainbows; Light Pillars; Aurora; Chapter Three: ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; And How the Wind Doth Blow; Clouds; Precipitation; Humidity-Based Phenomena.
- Frost Flowers and Ice RibbonsIdentification Guides; Waterspouts; Lenticular Clouds; Snowflakes; Chapter Four: ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA; Fire in the Sky, Fire at Sea; Lightning: Fire Thrown from the Heavens; Fire and Brimstone; Thunder: Voice of the Heavens; Jets, Sprites, ELVES, and Trolls; Lightning Rocks!; Will oâ#x80;#x99; the Wisp: The Fairy Lights; Identification Guide; Lightning Bolts; Chapter Five: GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; The Shaking Earth; Erosion; Ancient Remains; Rising and Falling; Identification Guides; Volcanoes; Geysers; Chapter Six: AQUATIC PHENOMENA; Tides; Oceans in Motion; The Ocean Waves.
- Biological PhenomenaFrozen Waters; Identification Guide; Tides; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Image Credits.