No apparent danger
Subtitle: the true story of a volcanic disaster at Galeras and Nevado del Ruiz
By: Victoria Bruce.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Lahars -- Colombia -- Nevado del Ruiz Region.; Volcanism -- Colombia -- History -- 20th century.; Ruiz, Nevado del (Colombia) -- Eruption, 1985.; Galeras Volcano (Colombia) -- Eruption, 1993.
Description: "On January 14, 1993, a team of scientists descended into the crater of Galeras, a restless Andean volcano in southern Colombia, for a day of field research. As the group slowly moved across the rocky moonscape of the caldera near the heart of the volcano, Galeras erupted, its crater exploding in a barrage of burning rocks and glowing shrapnel. Nine men died instantly, their bodies torn apart by the blast.".

"Detailing the turbulent history of Columbia and the geology of its snow-peaked volcanoes, Victoria Bruce weaves together the stories of the heroes, victims, survivors, and bystanders, evoking what it means to live in the shadow of a volcano, a hair's-breadth away from unthinkable natural calamity, and shows how clashing cultures and scientific arrogance resulted in tragic and unnecessary loss of life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.