Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma
more fluid than water create shimmering cities of glass at the bottom of the ocean and frozen
lakes of lava on the moon and can even tip entire planets over. Despite their reputation for
destruction volcanoes are inseparable from the creation of our planet. Super Volcanoes revels
in the incomparable power of volcanic eruptions past and present Earth-bound and otherwise it
explores how these eruptions reveal secrets about the worlds to which they belong. Science
journalist and volcanologist Robin George Andrews describes the stunning ways in which
volcanoes can sculpt the sea land and sky and even influence the machinery that makes or
breaks the existence of life. Travelling from Hawaii Tanzania Yellowstone and the ocean floor
to the moon Venus and Mars Andrews explores cutting-edge discoveries and lingering scientific
mysteries surrounding these phenomenal forces of nature.
