Contents Some Like It Hot 6 My First Volcano 10 Alone on Kilauea 16 A Walk on the Wild Side 22 The Really Big Bang Arenal 28 Ai Yai Yai Yai Pacaya 37 Fire and Ice Stromboli 46 A Lifetime with Volcanoes 56 Glossary 57 Index 58
Some Like It Hot Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano rumbles under my feet with thunder I feel in my stomach The air reeks of burning metal A towering dark steam cloud looms over me Without warning a football-sized chunk of gooey lava drops out of the cloud and plops onto the ground near me I duck and run as more hissing red chunks splatter everywhere These lava bombs could crush a skull as if it were an 6 eggshell What on Earth am I doing here on the world’s most active volcano
When molten hot lava meets cold ocean water explosions blast chunks of lava up into the air Heads up when the chunks start coming back down 7
