Photography

Minnesota's caves have a deep history.  Carver's Cave is the first to be described in the literature of North America after explorer Jonathan Carver visited it in 1766.  The storied Fountain Cave was the birthplace of the city of St Paul.

Just after the American Civil War, Chute's Cave inspired an elaborate hoax regarding an ancient civilization.  Folklore surrounds Petrified Indian Cave, where a strangely shaped stalagmite was mistaken for a person turned to stone.  Geologist Greg Brick, PhD, uses decades of research to uncover the secrets of geological wonders.  145PP & BW images.

Based on a popular website, this book illustrates, with 580 color photos, 46 different types of formations found in caves, from the most common to some rather uncommon.  Basic text explanations are complimented by images of some of the world's most stunning examples of those formations.

Dave Bunnell, a widely published cave photographer, draws on over 40 years of images from caves in some 25 states and 18 countries.  Some of the world's most pristine and decorated caves provided source material for the book, such as Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico, the blue and green caves of France, and the giant caves of Laos and Vietnam with their massive formations.

With this book you will be able to understand how the features found in caves are formed and how they relate to each other.  Introductory sections focus on the diverse and often spectacular surface phenomena associated with caves known as karst, and on different types of caves and how the form.

Co-written by David Bunnell & Djuna Ivereigh

 By Philippe Crochet and Annie Guiraud. This coffee table book offers a photographic journey into some of the world's most beautiful caves. The eight thematic chapters include a large number of high-quality photographs supplemented by explanatory texts in French and in English. The authors'aim is to share their passion for the underground world and pay tribute to its hidden splendors. Size : 30 cm x 30 cm (11.8 in x 11.8 in). 336 pages , weight : 4.4 lb, includes 365 color photographs. "For decades (Philippe and Annie ) have been producing world class cave images with an elegant marriage of artistic sensitivity and painstaking technique..." (Kevin Downey) "The cave photographs of Philippe Crochet and Annie Guiraud are among the best I have seen. The way they are organized and presented in these pages makes this the best cave photography book I've read." (George Veni)

Author Martin Broen, Foreword by Alex Mustard, Introduction by Paul Nicklen

Ten Best Photography Books of 2024, Smithsonian Magazine

An immersive journey into a natural wonder--the underwater caves and cenotes of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a destination very few divers have ever reached.

Shining a light into the "Underworld" (Xibalba, as the Maya called this sacred place), these stunning images from cave diver and award-winning photographer Martin Broen transport us into a secret and fascinating world accessed from cenotes, water-filled gateways to an infinite labyrinth of tunnels that create the longest underwater cave systems on the planet.

Over multiple expeditions and utilizing groundbreaking diving and photographic techniques, Broen has captured more than 250 different cenotes, their caves, and the dramatic secrets that lie within them, bringing photographs from his explorations back to the surface. Paired with images of startling otherworldly beauty, Broen's engaging text guides readers through the unique features of the Yucatan cenotes: from dramatic sinkhole entrances to decorated underwater caverns filled with rainbow colors; from ancient time capsules that document the fossil record to the critical environmental role that cenotes play today.

With contributions from Alex Mustard and Paul Nicklen based on their own diving experiences, this volume beckons divers, cavers and armchair explorers into a uniquely dangerous yet beautiful and essential underwater world.

Primary authors John Dunham and Thom Engel. Editing and layout John Dunham.  This spectacular 335 page once in a generation treatment of the caves in the Northeast is a monumental accomplishment.  The well organized, extensive speleological, historical, and geological guide will serve as the comprehensive, authoratative guide to caves and karst in the northeast for years and years to come.  As a bonus (as if any were needed!) the book includes detailed field trip guides for both of the NSS convention Sunday geo trips.  A must have publication.  This was a short print run with the majority being sold at convention to attendees.  In our opinion this book will stand as one of the finest convention guidebooks every published.

This is a stunning photographic celebration of the deepest and most challenging caves in the UK. With images from world-class photographers and writing from the original discoverers and explorers, the reader is taken on a remarkable journey through this beautiful and dramatic Welsh cave system. the book also includes first-hand accounts of the epic 52-hour 2021 rescue as well as articles on geomorphology, conservation and cave life.

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Publisher: WhiteSpringBooks.co.uk June 2025