SUSANNA VAN ROSE Be an eyewitness to truly terrifying volcanoes exploding with molten lava and devastating earthquakes that rip apart the landscape and uproot buildings in an instant.

An unstable Earth

Fire from below

The world on a plate

When a mountain explodes

Ash and dust

Fiery rocks

Gas and lightning

Hot spots

Spreading ridges

The great eruption of Vesuvius

A modern Pompeii: St. Pierre

Affecting the world's weather

Steam vents and boiling mud

Sleeping beauties

Life returns to the lava

Being a volcanologist

Volcanoes on other planets

When the earth moves

Intensity and magnitude

Waves of destruction

Measuring earthquake waves

Mud, flood, and avalanche

State of emergency

Preparing for disaster

Anger of the gods

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