Lechuguilla Cave

Discoveries in a Hidden Splendor
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-9821714-2-5
Verlag: edition speleo-photo

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 225 mm x 305 mm, Gewicht: 1550 g

Dieses Buch nimmt den Leser mit auf eine visuelle Reise in die unglaubliche Lechuguilla-Höhle in New Mexico, USA, die weithin als eine der schönsten Höhlen der Welt gilt. Von den Höhlenforschern selbst erzählt und illustriert durch ihre atemberaubenden Fotografien, enthüllt das Buch die herausfordernde Erforschung von mehr als 240 Kilometern an Gängen geschmückt mit faszinierenden Tropfsteinformationen. Die Leser erfahren mehr über die Schönheit und Fülle der jüngsten Entdeckungen und wie dieses außergewöhnliche Naturwunder das wissenschaftliche Verständnis von Höhlen vorangebracht hat – von deren Entstehung über die Mineralogie bis hin zum mikrobiellen Leben in ihnen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wisshak, Max

Weitere Mitwirkende

Barton, Hazel A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Hidden Splendor (opening statement) – p. 4
Fragile Beauty (foreword) – p. 6
Greatness (foreword) – p. 8
Beginnings (introduction and editors’ preface) – p. 12
Discoveries – p. 20
Speleogenesis – p. 54
Speleothems – p. 76
Water – p. 118
Hidden Life – p. 136
Preparation – p. 154
Camp Life – p. 164
Exploration – p. 176
Mapping Mazes – p. 194
Photographing Darkness – p. 206
Rescue – p. 216
Conservation – p. 224
Best of the Best (closing remarks) – p. 232
Fact Sheet – p. 234
Bibliography – p. 235
Contributors – p. 238

Über Autor(innen)

Wisshak, Max
Editor Max Wisshak is a geoscientist in the field of marine research at the Senckenberg institute in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and has published dozens of scientific articles and book contributions on this subject matter. Hi is also a passionate cave explorer, cave photographer, and publisher, who runs his own publishing label ‘speleo-photo editions’. Lechuguilla Cave (2022) is his third premium coffee-table book on the subjects of and caves and karst, following Inside Mother Earth (2008) and New Zealand Karst (2020), and followed by Burren (2026).

Barton, Hazel A.
Co-editor Hazel A. Barton is Professor of Biology and Geoscience at the University of Akron, USA, specializing in cave microbiology, a subject field that ties in closely with her involvement in cave exploration.

Editor Max Wisshak is a geoscientist in the field of marine research at the Senckenberg institute in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and has published dozens of scientific articles and book contributions on this subject matter. Hi is also a passionate cave explorer, cave photographer, and publisher, who runs his own publishing label ‘speleo-photo editions’. Lechuguilla Cave (2022) is his third premium coffee-table book on the subjects of and caves and karst, following Inside Mother Earth (2008) and New Zealand Karst (2020) and followed by Burren (2026). Co-editor Hazel A. Barton is Professor of Biology and Geoscience at the University of Akron, USA, specializing in cave microbiology, a subject field that ties in closely with her involvement in cave exploration.