Very few elements of Nature are as fascinating to us humans as clouds. Clouds, chameleons of the atmosphere, can be found over every inch of our planet. Clouds can be visually soothing but can also shape-shift in a matter of minutes into terrifying vapor monsters, unloading suddenly millions of gallons (or liters) of water or even icy hail bombs and 100-million-Volt lightning bolts on us. Clouds can bring unimaginable destruction. But Clouds also bring life. Clouds drift by in all colors of the spectrum, build giant towers all the way into space and determine ultimately our entire landscape. From Native Americans to the ancient beliefs of the Chinese - for thousands of years clouds have played a major part in many cultures and have inspired some of the greatest thinkers to formulate their feelings about clouds.
The award winning photographer and writer Christoph Stopka has spent many years photographing clouds and has now assembled a truly stunning selection of images for his book "Clouds". Bizarre shapes, iridescent colors, often mind bending in scale - this book offers a never before seen collection of breathtaking images documenting Nature's fantasy world in the sky. Many of Stopka's extraordinary photographs captured once-in-a-lifetime moments such as a huge, colorful meteor streaking through the starry night sky, right above a big cloud that is illuminated from the inside by a raging thunderstorm. In total more than 100 spectacular images on 186 pages. In addition, Christoph Stopka has paired this visual experience with quotes and musings about clouds by some of history's most famous minds (Paolo Coelho, Henry David Thoreau, Lao Tzu, Mahatma Gandhi, Frank Lloyd Wright, Maya Angelou and many more). Furthermore, this book offers also many fascinating facts about clouds. For example: Did you know that a simple fluffy, white cloud weighs more than a million pounds?
This book is a work of art and will forever change the way its reader will look at clouds.