Podstata pouště: Kde se v poušti bere písek a proč duny zpívají - objevování fascinujícího světa – Martin Michael (2020)

The unique beauty and untouched nature • Why couldn't the Amazon rainforest exist without the Sahara? • Are oases really just clusters of date palms around a well? • Is it true that more people drown in the desert than die of thirst? Michael Martin has traveled the deserts of the world and can captivatingly describe these mysterious areas and the people, animals, and plants that manage to adapt to the most difficult living conditions. In the silence, solitude, and tranquility of the deserts, he finds a counterbalance to our overwhelmed lives. He offers an insightful glimpse into a radically different reality – wondrous, enriching, and at times downright unbelievable! Thanks to the extensive photographic supplement, you will experience the desert almost firsthand. • Deserts and semi-deserts cover one-third of the Earth's land surface, and if we include ice deserts in polar regions, we even reach fifty percent. They occupy a larger area than rainforests, savannas, steppes, or mountain ranges. Deserts have always fascinated us; they serve as projection surfaces for our wishes and desires – and yet we know surprisingly little about them. • Adventurer and photographer Michael Martin has been traveling through dry deserts like the Sahara, Gobi, Namib, and Atacama, as well as the icy deserts of Greenland for several decades…