Rock formations and mountains. All over the world, these monumental natural wonders dominate and stand pontifically in the landscape. But have you ever wondered how these rocky outcrops and mountains were formed and what much of them consist of?The author takes you on an exciting journey through the past and introduces you to the world of giant trees and the special powerful properties of trees in nature in general in an approachable and probing way, through photographs and evidence. It also provides an insight into what suddenly changed the world and how this marked the transition from the Pleistocene to today's Holocene. In this last period of the Pleistocene, in the last Ice Age also called the Younger Dryas period (12,800-11,600 years ago), a catastrophe occurred, causing the extinction of most large mammals, megafauna and megaflora. Sea levels also rose 80-120 metres at that time.Come along on this exciting voyage of discovery and... once you see it... an ‘Old World’ will open up to you all over again! A quest for discoveries and answers and the challenge to boldly explore where no one has yet looked.A beautifully designed full-colour hardcover book that runs to 232 pages with over 490 high-quality colour photographs.