Book DescriptionA photographer and a geographer explore where the pavement ends Nevadas enigmatic Black Rock country, despite its apparent silence and isolation, is actually an area where natural forces are ceaselessly restless and life in many forms has endured for millennia Its haunting landscape has been the focus of study and contemplation одмпм by scientists, explorers, outdoors aficionados, and artists In Black Rock, photographer Peter Goin and geographer Paul F Starrs explore this fascinating place from the viewpoints of their respective disciplines The Black Rock, a desert realm almost the size of Delaware but scarcely a hundred miles north of Reno, embraces mile-high vertical mountains and one of the earths flattest, most barren salt pans, boiling hot springs and freezing winter cold, plants that have evolved to survive the severest drought and lush pockets of rich grasses Its bewildering environments startle our senses with a raw physical intensity that comes through in Goins eloquent photographs and Starrss richly informed text We observe the region from numerous perspectives--the Black Rock at ground level, from the skies above, in the geology below; witness the shaping roles of water, wind, and geothermal action in shaping it; and view the effects of human hands, from ancient Native Americans to nineteenth-century explorers, ranchers, and miners, up through the congregants at todays Burning Man festivals The result is a brilliant duet of visual and literary commentary on a region of stunning paradoxes and constant change and activity, where need and curiosity encounter the daunting, implacable forces of nature.  Forever2005 г 273 стр ISBN 0874175917.