Colorado: An Aerial Geography of the Highest State
Geographers such as Tom Huber are used to seeing our beautiful land from this unique perspective, and his text will help lead us into a better understanding of the complex and rapidly interchanging landscape of Colorado, where intricate physical and human activity interweave and interact. Tom has used his unique skills as a geographer to help the reader go beyond the visual impact of these stunning landscapes to an understanding of many of the reasons that our awesome and majestic state looks the way it does.
- Published
- 2002
- ISBN
- 1-890437-59-X
- Pages
- 144
- Category
- Coffee Table
- Place
- Colorado
- Publisher
- Western Reflections Pub. Co.
- Listed at
- $37.71
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About this book
Colorado: An Aerial Geography of the Highest State is a coffee table book that shows the state from above. The text is by Tom Huber, a geographer, and the description credits Jim Wark with the aerial view in the title. The Open Library record lists aerial photographs, photography, geography and description and travel among its subjects.
The description says geographers like Huber are used to seeing the land from this vantage point. His text is meant to help readers understand a landscape that is changing quickly, where physical features and human activity weave together.
The aim is more than pretty pictures. The description says Huber uses his skills as a geographer to take the reader beyond the visual impact of the scenery and toward the reasons the state looks the way it does.
Who it is for
This book is for readers who like to see Colorado as a pilot does and then learn why the ground looks as it does. It is a large illustrated volume of 144 pages, so it suits a coffee table, a school or library geography shelf, or anyone who wants an explanation to go with the view.
About the author
The book is credited to Tom Huber and Jim Wark. The catalogue describes Huber as a geographer, and the Open Library record places the book in 2002 with Western Reflections. We have found no biography for either man that we could verify. Their author page lists this one book.
Ways to use this book
Matching a photograph to the ground
If a view in the book makes you curious about one valley or ridge, name the place and search it in EarthExplorer. Then read the geology overview to learn what kind of rock you are looking at.
Turning a coffee table book into a classroom prompt
A teacher or homeschool parent can pick one landscape, find its county, and ask students why it looks the way it does. The Colorado Encyclopedia article gives plain language background on mountains, seas and volcanoes for them to work from.
Finding more large format Colorado books
If you like big photographic books, browse the Coffee Table category in our library at /library/ and compare the other Colorado books listed there before choosing a second one.
Go deeper
A book about Colorado's landforms seen from above raises questions about what the rock and ground underneath actually are. These public resources cover the state's geology and let a reader look up imagery of any place they pick.
Colorado Geological Survey: Geology
The survey's geology page describes the state's range of rocks, minerals and fossils, from the eastern High Plains to the central Rockies and the western red rock canyons.
Colorado Geology, Colorado Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia article that walks through the state's geologic past, including the ancient seafloor, mountain building and volcanoes that shaped today's terrain.
USGS EarthExplorer
A federal search tool where you enter an address or place name, draw an area on a map and choose a date range to look for imagery of that spot.
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