
Into the volcano: A Volcano Researcher At Work
Biography, Science and medicine biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio
Summary
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. This is a typical day in the life of Donna O'Meara, volcano researcher, writer and photographer. Grades 4-7. 2005.