Natural Wonders

Get an up-close look at the world's most arresting landscapes and natural phenomena in this monumental photography collection from celebrated photographer Nathan Myhrvold.

This beautiful, gift-worthy collection celebrates the beauty of our world in incredible color and detail. These images capture extraordinary places and remarkable moments with panoramic views of desert landscapes, star trails, icy fjords, and rushing waterfalls, along with the intricate symmetry of a snowflake, the power of a lightning storm, and the patterns made by rolling wheat fields.

Using custom-built cameras and the latest technology, this groundbreaking collection of photographs spans the globe, from vineyards in Italy and the cliff faces of the Grand Canyon to glaciers and black sand beaches in Iceland, revealing natural phenomena, including:

• The majestic volcanoes of Iceland
• The crystalline patterns of snowflake just before it melts
• The brilliance of red sprites, an astronomical wonder
• The intimidating skies before a tornado
• The fascinating colors of the Milky Way
• The radiating splendor of an unobstructed sunset

Natural Wonders is the perfect gift for nature lovers, photography enthusiasts, coffee book collectors, and anyone who dreams of faraway places.

Author: Nathan Myhrvold
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 10/14/2025
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 7.55lbs
Size: 10.10h x 16.30w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781426223761

About the Author
Nathan Myhrvold is a photographer, chef, scientist, and author. A physicist by training, the former chief technology officer of Microsoft draws on his passions for technology, science, and invention to push photographic limits. He and his team build custom cameras, robots, microscopes, and software to capture the world from new and surprising perspectives. He has pioneered avant-garde food photography techniques for his award-winning Modernist Cuisine cookbooks. His photography has been exhibited in museums and galleries, and led to the opening of Modernist Cuisine Gallery by Nathan Myhrvold, the first gallery in the world devoted to food photography.

When not photographing food, Myhrvold travels the globe to visually document nature and wildlife. His recent innovations in snowflake photography have resulted in the highest resolution snowflake camera in the world. An avid researcher and lover of space, Myhrvold did postdoctoral cosmology work with Stephen Hawking and is currently developing new astrophotography techniques. His photographs have been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, Popular Photography, Digital Photo Pro, Galerie magazine, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, WIRED, the New Yorker, Bloomberg Pursuits, Artnet, and more.

Myhrvold is also the founder of Modernist Cuisine, award-winning author of The Photography of Modernist Cuisine, coauthor of Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, Modernist Cuisine at Home, Modernist Bread, and Modernist Bread at Home, and author of Food & Drink: Modernist Cuisine Photography.