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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.
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Donna O'Meara has been hunting and photographing the world's most dangerous volcanoes for almost 20 years. Many of her photographs have appeared in National Geographic.
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Gr. 4-6. Donna O'Meara and her husband, Steve, explore active volcanoes, gather data about them, and photograph volcanic eruptions for magazines, such as National Geographic. Following a description of her early life, O'Meara vividly describes her visits to observe volcanoes in Hawaii, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Italy. The extreme conditions in and around these sites turned the trips into adventures, highlighted by memorable elements such as melting sneakers, a rain of football-size globs of lava, back-country banditos, hypothermia, airborne ash, and toxic gases. Illustrating the text are exceptionally fine photos of volcanic landscapes and members of the expeditions. Sidebars carry clear descriptions and pictures (often diagrams) related to such topics as the formation of volcanoes, the types of lava, and the Volcanic Explosivity Index. One picture tells a lot about O'Meara and her husband: the snapshot of their wedding on Kilauea volcano. The bride traded slippers and a veil for sneakers and a gas mask, and the party arrived by helicopter on "the newest land on Earth." A natural for nonfiction booktalking. Carolyn Phelan
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- PublisherKids Can Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1553376927
- ISBN 13 9781553376927
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages56
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