Spectacular Nature

Download or read book Spectacular Nature written by Susan G. Davis and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Sea World, a theme park where the wonders of nature are performed, marketed, and sold. With its trademark star, Shamu the killer whale—as well as performing dolphins, pettable sting rays, and reproductions of pristine natural worlds—the park represents a careful coordination of shows, dioramas, rides, and concessions built around the theme of ocean life. Susan Davis analyzes the Sea World experience and the forces that produce it: the theme park industry; Southern California tourism; the privatization of urban space; and the increasing integration of advertising, entertainment, and education. The result is an engaging exploration of the role played by images of nature and animals in contemporary commercial culture, and a precise account of how Sea World and its parent corporation, Anheuser-Busch, succeed. Davis argues that Sea World builds its vision of nature around customers' worries and concerns about the environment, family relations, and education. While Davis shows the many ways that Sea World monitors its audience and manipulates animals and landscapes to manufacture pleasure, she also explains the contradictions facing the enterprise in its campaign for a positive public identity. Shifting popular attitudes, animal rights activists, and environmental laws all pose practical and public relations challenges to the theme park. Davis confronts the park's vast operations with impressive insight and originality, revealing Sea World as both an industrial product and a phenomenon typical of contemporary American culture. Spectacular Nature opens an intriguing field of inquiry: the role of commercial entertainment in shaping public understandings of the environment and environmental problems.

Download or read book Wonders written by Rhonda Rubenstein and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature is full of fleeting wonders. This breathtaking collection of nature photography reveals rare creatures, transports us to distant landscapes, and captures uncommon moments of drama and beauty in the natural world. From a heart-pounding shot of the Wildebeest Migration to a glimpse of the elusive Pampas cat, each image tells a story about the diversity and grandeur of life on earth. Bold, surprising, and jaw-droppingly beautiful, these photographs are all winners of the California Academy of Sciences' BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition. With more than 100 photographs and captions explaining the scientific phenomena and photographic techniques behind each picture, this book will captivate nature lovers, science enthusiasts, photographers, and adventurers.

Download or read book The Nature of Spectacle written by Jim Igoe and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thoughtful treatise on how popular representations of nature, through entertainment and tourism, shape how we imagine environmental problems and their solutions"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Nano Nature written by Richard Jones and published by Harpercollins Pub Limited. This book was released on 2008 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of nature's hidden beauties, as revealed by the scanning electron microscope. More surreal than any works of art, 'Nano Nature' brings these images out of the high-tech science laboratory and into the public domain, revealing a wealth of extraordinary patterns and improbable structures.

Download or read book Nature's Ninja written by Rebecca L. Johnson and published by Millbrook Press (Tm). This book was released on 2020 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that some animals have natural ninja-like talents? In this book, you'll learn all about them, including geckos, sea urchins, bombardier beetles, and more. For example, geckos can grip almost any surface--including walls and ceilings--with their amazing toes. And when collector urchins are attacked, they release tiny, sharp objects that bear a striking resemblance to throwing stars. You will also meet the scientists who are studying these animals' amazing abilities.

Download or read book Creative Haven Beautiful Nature Designs Coloring Book written by Ruth Soffer and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 31 richly detailed art includes a cluster of red and purple clematis, bee-eating birds, long-stemmed lily pads, migrating monarch butterflies, and much more.

Download or read book Beautiful Nature written by Nicole Stocker and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color over the gray to bring your image to lifeFrom the creator of the beloved Beautiful Creatures comes Beautiful Nature.Awaken the beauty of the natural world as you color over the gray in this unique and elegant grayscale adult coloring book.- 48 stunning grayscale images of flowers, plants and landscapes for you to color- Printed one-sided on 100lb archival quality, acid-free paper- Perforated for easy removal and framing of your colored picture- Watermarked on the back of each picture for the colorist's name and dateImmerse yourself in the solitude of an arid desert, turn the page and take shelter in the stillness of an ancient forest. From wide-sweeping landscapes to the most delicate botanicals, Beautiful Nature harnesses the restorative power of the natural world.Simply color over the gray, matching light and dark tones to reveal lifelike shading. Saturate the grayscale with heavy color, use the lightest of touches or simply let it be. Flood the page with vibrant brights or allow a softer color palette to emerge. As the colorist, you are free to immerse yourself in the space between black and white, and explore the many shades of your imagination.Printed on acid-free, archival quality paper, perforated for framing, each piece offers an opportunity to explore your inner artist. Use your colors to breathe life into the grayscale, and lose yourself in the process. Whether your happy place is toes buried in the sand, nose-deep in a bloom or on a mountain top, Beautiful Nature can take you there, if only for a moment.