Earth's Records - A Visual Chronicle

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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Rare landscapes and unique folk customs, lost ancient civilizations and precious cultural relics, mysterious Earth phenomena and bizarre Earth wonders. Here, the multiple extremes of beauty in the world converge and collide, creating a symphony poem of nature and culture. With dynamic words, it outlines the Chinese landscape scroll, while vibrant images tell the geographical symbols of the East and West. This 2.6 million-word, 10-volume masterpiece of human geography weaves a dreamlike journey through time and space. The world's longest cave stretches 252 kilometers, and the "World's Driest Place" in the Atacama Desert of Chile has not seen a drop of rain in 91 years. Over billions of years of evolution, the Earth hased countless wonders. The slender body of a thread snake is finer than a pencil lead, and the giant leaves of the baobab tree can reach up to 4 meters in diameter. The wonders of the biological world are truly awe-inspiring. Some have survived 18 days without a drop of water, while others have survived seven lightning strikes. Is human potential truly limitless? The crown of the "World's Tallest Skyscraper" is rapidly passed around the globe, while the "smartest robot" George is busy chatting with 2,000 people online simultaneously. The Potala Palace proudly displays its splendor at an altitude of 3,680 meters. Human activities have painted the most vivid and dynamic colors on this blue planet. The largest, the smallest, the tallest, the shortest, the unbelievable, the fascinating—their astonishing beauty leaves people speechless and in awe!