In this oversize, richly illustrated volume, photographer Peter Goin and geographer Paul F. Starrs offer a textual and visual exploration of Nevada's enigmatic Black Rock country, an isolated area the size of Delaware. Apparently silent and lifeless, it is revealed by them as a place where ceaseless natural forces shape a haunting landscape, where life in many forms has endured for millennia. The raw physical intensity of salt pan playa, vertical mountains, and boiling springs has been the focus of study and contemplation by scientists, explorers, outdoors aficionados, and artists for years. Now the home to the world-famous annual Burning Man celebration, the Black Rock desert startles our senses, as shown in these eloquent photographs and informative text.