The Planets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA

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This magnificent visual tour of our solar system explores the wonders of space. More than 200 photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with captions detailing the science behind some of the planets' most extraordinary phenomena. A preface by Bill Nye helps contextualize the images, providing fascinating details on the history of NASA's pioneering missions and the future of planetary exploration. Anyone with an interest in science, astronomy, and the mysteries of space will delight in this awe-inspiring guide to our cosmic neighborhood.

Nirmala Nataraj is a New York-based writer and editor with a background in science writing and a focus on the visual and performing arts. She is the author of Earth + Space. Bill Nye the Science Guy is a science educator, television host, actor, writer, scientist, and former mechanical engineer. He is the host of Bill Nye Saves the World, a talk show that will premiere on Netflix in Spring 2017. NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), established in 1958, is the U.S. government's agency of scientific research, technological development, and exploration in space.

"The book is compact in size, its layout is crisp and stylish and the quality is exceptional. This is a book for anyone with an interest in space to drool over." BBC Sky At Night Magazine "You might have seen some of these photos elsewhere but to have them all together under one cover less so. Be in awe. We are surrounded by the most unique places we are least likely to visit in our own lifetimes." SFcrowsnest "The book is compact in size, its layout is crisp and stylish and the quality is exceptional. This is a book for anyone with an interest in space to drool over" Books Monthly review "Zooming out from deep time to deep space, The Planets by writer Nirmala Nataraj mines the NASA archives for a thrill-a-minute tour of our cosmic neighbourhood. It's a handsome array, from the flow of dunes in Mars's Nili Patera caldera, caught by the HIRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter, to an opulently hued backlit view of Saturn captured by Cassini's wide-angle camera." Nature.com