Everglades National Park Impressions
photography by Tom and Therisa Stack
text by Tom and Therisa Stack
published by Farcountry Press
- This collection of color photography serves as a tribute to Everglades National Park, with images of rare terrestrial and undersea wildlife from bobcats to blue crabs and myriad birds, such as red-shouldered hawks, purple gallinules, wood storks, reddish egrets, and roseate spoonbills; sun-dappled cypress sloughs; and silhouetted mangrove stands at sunset; as well as aerial shots of the mangrove-covered islands in Florida Bay and the waterways of the Ten Thousand Islands region.
80 pages, 9 1/8'' x 8 1/8'', 88 color photos, 50 softcovers per case, Smythe-sewn
softcover
ISBN 10: 1560373016
ISBN 13: 9781560373018
$12.95
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| Everglades National Park Impressions |
| "Upside-down jellyfish extending its tentacles to feed on plankton as it undulates through the shallow waters of Florida Bay."
-from page 13 "The endangered wood stork feeds by a method known as "tacto-location," moving its partially opened bill back and forth in the water while feeling for fish. The bill instantly snaps shut when prey is detected—at 25 milliseconds, the fastest known vertebrate reflex action."
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Tom and Therisa Stack's photography has been published in a variety of magazines, from National Geographic and National Wildlife, to Outside, Backpacker, and Canoe & Kayak magazines, in Hallmark and American Greetings calendars, in Encyclopedia Britannica, and in several books. The Stacks work closely with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary researchers involved the preservation of the fragile coral reef and mangrove ecosystems. |