“How many times did the sun shine, how many times did the wind howl over the desolate tundras, over the bleak immensity of the Siberian taigas, over the brown deserts where the Earth’s salt shines, over the high peaks capped with silver, over the shivering jungles, over the undulating forests of the tropics! Day after day, through infinite time, the scenery has changed in imperceptible features. Let us smile at the illusion of eternity that appears in these things, and while so many temporary aspects fade away, let us listen to the ancient hymn, the spectacular song of the seas, that has saluted so many chains rising to the light.” LightEarthScienceTimeHistorySunWindEternityForestsGeologyJungles Book:Tectonics of Asia Source: Tectonics of Asia
“The volumes, the surfaces, the lines-in one word, the structures that build a tectonic construction-do not represent the whole picture: there is also the movement that animated and still animates these bodies because the history continues and we live under no particular privileged conditions at any given time in this great process.” StillsWholeBodyEarthScienceGivenProcessLinesConditionsMovementParticularStructureSurfaceConstructionVolumePrivilegedOne WordAnimatedWhole Picture Book:Tectonics of Asia Source: Tectonics of Asia