Into the volcano
By: Donna O'Meara ; photographs by Stephen and Donna O'Meara
Contributors: O'Meara, Stephen James, 1956- illustrator
Series: EZ reading
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780545600286
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Volcanoes
Description: Get up close and personal with some of the world's most dangerous volcanoes through the eyes of volcano researcher Donna O'Meara. The author describes some of the world's most dangerous volcanoes and the work she does as a volcano researcher. In a helicopter with no doors, she hovers over a lava lake the size of two football fields, then lands! She runs through clouds of scalding steam, dodging lava bombs, to photograph glowing hot lava as it pours into the sea. She sets up camp on the edge of a volcano's cone, only to be hit with hurricane-force winds, poisonous gases and acidic ash. Witness a typical day in the life of Donna O'Meara, volcano researcher, writer and photographer. Donna's photographs and accounts of treacherous journeys get readers up close and personal with some of the world's most dangerous volcanoes.
Notes: Includes index.

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A Junior Library Guild selection.
Table of contents: title: Some like it hot; title: My first volcano; title: Alone on Kilauea; title: Walk on the wild side; title: Really big bang: Arenal; title: Ai! ya! ya! ya!: Pacaya; title: Fire and ice: Stromboli; title: Lifetime with volcanoes; title: Glossary; title: Index.