Volcano Formation: Dynamic Geological Processes

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Text: Jim Kauahikaua

Photography: G. Brad Lewis

Hardcover, 66 pp.

Enter the realm of Pele, goddess of fire, mountainsides ablaze; fountains of incandescence; molten lakes that glow in the twilight; bubbles of lava exploding and showers of volcanic glass. Where the flow meets the ocean, pillars of acid-laden steam rise from the boiling sea. From the smooth slopes of Mauna Loa to the deep, rain-sculpted valleys of Kauai; from the atolls of Northwest Hawaii to the island Loihi; this is the story of the Hawaiian Islands, inscribed in earth, water, and fire.

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