The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the ColoradoOne of the important historic and aesthetic records of Glen Canyon. The sheer exquisite beauty of Eliot Porter's photographs of this wilderness gorge makes this one of the loveliest books ever published. Contains the best photographs from the 1963 edition and previously unpublished photographs from Porter's archives. 80 color plates. |
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alcove America's Living Heritage Arch Aztec Creek banks beauty blue Bridge Canyon canyon walls carved Cathedral Canyon CID RICKETTS SUMNER cliffs color Colorado River Coyote Canyon dark DAVID BROWER deep desert Dungeon Canyon DUTTON earth ELIOT PORTER eroded erosion Escalante basin Escalante River explore feet flood flow Fremont cottonwood Gambel oak geological Glen Canyon dam Grand Canyon grass Gulch Hidden Passage human JOHN WESLEY POWELL knew land Lee's Ferry light LOREN EISELEY man's Mesa miles million Moqui Mountains Music Temple narrow natural Navajo sandstone numbers Pages pocket mouse pool Rainbow Bridge Redbud reservoir Rock Creek San Francisco San Juan River sand seas sediments seep side canyons Sierra Club Sierra Club Bulletin slots sparrow squawbush stone strata streams tamarisk Tapestry Ticaboo trees tributaries Twilight Canyon unconformities Wall detail WALLACE STEGNER Waterfall weather western wild wilderness willow wind wonder wood rat York