Tom Poland
Carolina Bays
Wild, Mysterious, and Majestic Landforms
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There is a strange beauty at the heart of every mystery, and the mystery of the Carolina Bays is an enigma that is lushly, uniquely beautiful. How did these odd geomorphological features come to be formed in the landscape in the first place, with their uniform shapes and matching elliptical orientations scattered across the Carolinas? There are many hypotheses but no definitive answers. Why are these inland phenomena even called bays? There is no clear answer to that either. The best definition of these features are temporary, isolated freshwater wetlands, variously described as high or flatwater ponds, wet weather lakes, or vernal pools, oft…
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There is a strange beauty at the heart of every mystery, and the mystery of the Carolina Bays is an enigma that is lushly, uniquely beautiful. How did these odd geomorphological features come to be formed in the landscape in the first place, with their uniform shapes and matching elliptical orientations scattered across the Carolinas? There are many hypotheses but no definitive answers. Why are these inland phenomena even called bays? There is no clear answer to that either. The best definition of these features are temporary, isolated freshwater wetlands, variously described as high or flatwater ponds, wet weather lakes, or vernal pools, often identified more accurately as pocosins, and they are ecological wonders, full of all manner of amphibians and reptiles, insects and birds, wildlife and plants-many of them exotic and rare. What also defines them is their uncommon beauty. Featuring more than one hundred-fifty color images, Carolina Bays takes you from an aerial perspective of these unusual bays to an on-the-ground safari, from frogs that croak and bark and boom to skinks that skim across the water as if on skis, and on to squawking herons to black-and-yellow polka-dotted caterpillars. There are growling alligators and four hundred-year-old trees and delicate yellow-fringed orchids. Life is found in astounding abundance. These wetlands are unique and almost immeasurably ancient; as is to be expected in the modern world, they are threatened by human intervention. Such diverse habitats and their rich, unmatched biodiversity call out for preservation and restoration. The bays are not only visited and documented by the authors; they make an impassioned case for respecting how important these singular formations are for the health of the planet. You could not find more able guides.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Clark, Robert C. (Fotogr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-64336-057-7
- EAN: 9781643360577
- Produktnummer: 31350393
- Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 184 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 104'738 KB
- Abbildungen: 150 color photos
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
Robert C. Clark and Tom Poland. foreword by Stephen H. Bennett
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