{"product_id":"pacific-an-undersea-journey-9780821219034","title":"Pacific: An Undersea Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom space  the Pacific dominates our planet - it is an ocean so vast that it makes islands out of continents. Beneath its surface lies a multitude of mysterious underwater kingdoms populated by creatures dazzling and diverse  often beyond imagination. In Pacific: An Undersea Journey David Doubilet  one of the worlds foremost underwater photographers  takes us on a spectacular expedition through this magnificent realm  presenting his finest photographs of the last twenty years  taken while on assignment for National Geographic. The journey begins off the coasts of California and British Columbia before turning outward to the Hawaiian islands and the Galapagos. Doubilet continues westward across the Pacific  passing by the tiny island groups of Palau and Kerema to Japan  where he explores the sheer submarine cliffs of Suruga Bay at Izu Peninsula. In Papua New Guinea and the waters of the Southwest Pacific - the most diverse coral paradise in the world - Doubilet captures the eerie remnants of World War II battles  underwater wrecks now softened by coral growth and inhabited by schools of glassy sweepers. Moving southward  he touches on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia and lonely Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. The journey ends in the rich temperate waters of New Zealand. Doubilets mastery of the art of underwater photography is evident in his stunning color images of the world beneath the sea. We see California sea lions cavorting in kelp forests  a one-inch-long armored shrimp climbing up whip coral  brilliant red clownfish among bubble-tipped anemones  circling barracudas  a school of silvery cardinal fish hovering over a wire coral forest  the delicate beauty of a tiny  venomous juvenile lionfish  an exquisite Gorgonian sea fan garden  and divers silhouetted against the deep blue waters of a submarine cave. Also included are splendid above-water panoramas and dramatic split-level photographs. In anecdotal essays about each region  Doubilet describes his adventures while diving  giving voice to the otherworldly beauty of his undersea imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648341532725,"sku":"ByrdShop_0821219030","price":31.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780821219034.jpg?v=1781716515","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/pacific-an-undersea-journey-9780821219034","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}