Nearly 200 pages of aerial photography
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Platte, Loup, Niobrara, Elkhorn, Nemaha, Blue, Republican and Missouri Rivers
Maps of every river system with photo locations

About the Author

Nebraska’s Rivers from above is an aerial photography collection showcasing the beauty, scale, and diversity of Nebraska’s waterways through drone imagery by photographer Mark Dahmke. From the braided channels of the Platte River to the rugged valleys of the Niobrara, the sweeping bends of the Missouri, and the quiet prairie streams that shape the landscape, this book offers a rare birds-eye perspective of the rivers that define the Cornhusker State. Captured across changing seasons, water levels, and weather conditions, each image reveals patterns, colors, and landscapes rarely seen from the ground. More than a photography book, Nebraska’s Rivers also highlights the history, geography, wildlife, and cultural importance of these waterways. Readers will discover how rivers shaped settlement, agriculture, migration routes, recreation, and ecosystems across the Great Plains. Perfect for Nebraska residents, history enthusiasts, conservationists, travelers, and lovers of landscape photography, Nebraskas Rivers: From Above is both a visual journey and a tribute to one of America’s most overlooked natural treasures.

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Reviews

Richard Piersol

The state of Nebraska has about 79,000 miles of rivers and streams. Mark Dahmke has shot photographs of some of the more interesting flows across this vast state in the middle of the country. Mark has a drone photography business and these pictures are shot from on high, from drones. This view makes some of these photographs more like abstract paintings, visual studies of the natural forces at work in a river, water and soil and sand taking the path of least resistance. Others are scenes of improbable beauty comparable to those painted by the early frontier artists. I've been looking through this book repeatedly for days, in part because one of these rivers tried to come in the back door of the residential hospital where I was born, as I was born, 76 years ago. It receded before doing any damage. That bonded me and the river. I've known Mark for 40 years and this is my favorite of his works because it's the most recent. The commentary is enlightening. The photography riveting. The views like nothing you've seen before.

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