Title: No Apparent Danger
Subtitle: The True Story of Volcanic Disaster at Galeras and Nevado Del Ruiz
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.
Subjects: Eruption, 1993, Eruption, 1985, Lahars, Volcanism, History, Volcanoes, Natural disasters, Colombia, description and travel
Places: Colombia, Nevado del Ruiz Region, Galeras Volcano (Colombia), Ruiz, Nevado del (Colombia)
Time periods: 20th century