Australia from Space: The Beauty, the Glory and the Sacred.

This exotic book explores the unique beauty of Australia from space, with photographs taken by astronauts aboard the space shuttle and international space station. Six-time space shuttle astronaut and payload commander of the first Hubble space telescope repair mission, Story Musgrave, selected each of the photographs. Story Musgrave is renowned for his space photography and his knowledge of geography. For this beautiful glimpse of the remote continent, he has written pertinent and poetic captions to complement each of the images. The book is filled with spectacular colors, geographic and regional detail, offshore islands, and panoramic views of Australia from space.