All photographs are by the author with the exception of the following:
Alamy
aerial-photos.com, photo 1, endpapers
Jerry and Marcy Monkman/EcoPhotography, photos 1, 2
Juan Carlos Muñoz, photo 1
Malcolm C. Andrews/AerialHorizon Photography, photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. Malcolm Andrews has spent most of his adult life in airplane cockpits, both as a naval aviator and as a commercial airline pilot. He uses his camera to capture his world and share his love of travel and exploration. When he is not traveling, he can be found exploring the countryside around his home in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his dog and camera in tow. His blog and links to his portfolio can be found at aerialhorizon.photography.
Leah Bothamley, photo 1
David Byrne, photo 1
Jonathon D. Finley, photos 1, 2
Garrett Fisher, photos 1, 2 (left), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. Garrett Fisher is an aerial adventure photographer, having photographed some of the most rugged and wild terrain in America and Europe from his 1949 Piper PA-11. With a special emphasis on mountains, glaciers, coastal areas, severe terrain, and human patterns as seen from above, he has published six aerial photography books covering the Colorado Rockies, Wyoming, high terrain in the Southeast, and the Outer Banks, with more U.S. and European books in the pipeline. He blogs regularly about his flights at www.garrettfisher.me.
James P. Blair, photos 1, 1, 2
Ira Block, photo 1
Matthias Breiter, photo 1
John Delapp/Design Pics, photo 1
Michele Falzone, photo 1
Kevin Fleming/Corbis/VCG, photo 1
Marka/Contributor, photo 1
Charles O’Rear, photo 1
Planet Observer/UIG, photos 1, 2
Space Imaging, photo 1
Brian Stablyk, photo 1
James L. Stanfield/Contributor, photo 1
Jim Wark, photo 1
Wild Horizon/Contributor, photos 1, 2
(courtesy) Squire Haskins Photography Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Arlington, Texas, photo 1
NASA (no specific credits), photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
NASA
Jesse Allen, photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Jesse Allen/Robert Simmon, photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Jacques Descloitres, photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Sally King/NPS, photo 1
Norman Kuring, photo 1
Matt Radcliff, photo 1
Jeff Schmaltz, photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Robert Simmon, photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Joshua Stevens, photos 1, 2, 3
Michael Taylor/Adam Voiland, photo 1
Bob Wick, photo 1
NASA/Earth Observatory, photo 1
Keith Owens, photo 1
Dan Winn Whitaker, photos 1, 2, 3
Wikimedia
Used under a GNU Free Documentation 1.2 license
©Ralf Roletschek, photo 1
Used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license
Abhinaba Basu from Redmond, United States, photo 1
Graham from Rickmansworth, England, photo 1, 2
Used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
Public Domain on Wikimedia Commons
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NOAA News, photo 1
NASA, courtesy of Denis Sarrazin, photo 1
National Park Service Digital Image Archives, photos 1, 2
United States Geological Survey, photo 1
United States Geological Survey, Harry Glicken, USGS/CVO, and Gripso_banana_prune, photo 1
United States Geological Survey, Bruce Molnia, photos 1, 2
United States Geological Survey, Lyn Topinka, photos 1, 1, 3
K. Canter/AGI, photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Kat Cantner is the science illustrator for the American Geosciences Institute. She illustrates for magazines, textbooks, and picture books and also creates sculpture and jewelry. You can find more of her work at kcantner.com.
David Deis/Dreamline Cartography, photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. David Deis is the staff cartographer in the Department of Geography at California State University, Northridge. He has been designing custom maps and graphics for nearly two decades. His portfolio is located online at dreamlinecartography.com.
Kenneth Townsend, photo 1 (terrain)