Tired of the usual tour book showing beautiful pictures of mountain, beaches or buildings? Here’s one design book providing you a tour that surely you can’t have from any touring agencies.

A new book from Phaidon Publication, Earthsong will remind you of the natural wonders. From volcanoes, glaciers, coral reefs, canyons, sea beds and rivers, all reveal the delicate and monumental natural patterns that are etched on the earth’s crust.

These extraordinary pictures were taken by Bernhard Edmaier, a civil engineer and geologist who has been photographing the earth’s surface for over 15 years.

by Astrid 2009

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