Earth sciences books

Kaleidoscope Sky

This magical, illustrated tour of our wondrous sky reveals the beauty and the science behind Earth's rarest, most unusual celestial phenomena above us.

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Kaleidoscope Sky

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This book tours the sky and its spectacular sunrises, fiery red sunsets, patterns of clouds and the violent thrill of lightning flashing at night.

In Kaleidoscope Sky, author Tim Herd describes the conditions that produce everyday phenomena and rarer sights including auroras, halos, mirages, arcs and even ‘moonbows’, night-time rainbows often too faint to capture on film.

Herd provides an accessible guided tour of the fleeting, ephemeral works of art that populate our sky's own natural museum.

The author’s non-technical approach reveals the awesome and wonderful palette of the sky above us and provides tips on the best ways to predict, observe and photograph these phenomena.

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