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No apparent danger : the true story of a volcano's deadly power

Title
No apparent danger : the true story of a volcano's deadly power / Victoria Bruce.
Author
Bruce, Victoria.
Publication
New York : HarperCollins, 2001.

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Description
x, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm
Summary
  • "On January 14, 1993, a team of scientists descended into the crater of Galeras, a restless Andean volcano in southern Colombia, for a day of field research. As the group slowly moved across the rocky moonscape of the caldera near the heart of the volcano, Galeras erupted, its crater exploding in a barrage of burning rocks and glowing shrapnel. Nine men died instantly, their bodies torn apart by the blast.".
  • "Detailing the turbulent history of Columbia and the geology of its snow-peaked volcanoes, Victoria Bruce weaves together the stories of the heroes, victims, survivors, and bystanders, evoking what it means to live in the shadow of a volcano, a hair's-breadth away from unthinkable natural calamity, and shows how clashing cultures and scientific arrogance resulted in tragic and unnecessary loss of life."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Lahars > Ruiz, Nevado del, Region
  • Volcanism > Colombia > History > 20th century
  • Ruiz, Nevado del (Colombia) > Eruption, 1985
  • Galeras Volcano (Colombia) > Eruption, 1993
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Prologue: Pasto, Colombia. March 12, 2000 -- Pt. I. Nevado del Ruiz. 1. The Great Mountain. Arbolito, Colombia. November 13, 1985. 2. Birth of the Andes. 3. Ghosts in the Kitchen. Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia. December 16, 1984. 4. A Horrible Confluence. Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia. November 13, 1985. 5. The Mud. Armero, Colombia. November 15, 1985. 6. The Invasion. Manizales, Colombia. November 1985-April 1988 -- Pt. II. Galeras. 7. Urcunina, the Fire Mountain. Pasto, Colombia. April 1988. 8. Dissecting Galeras. Pasto, Colombia. January 6-13, 1993. 9. To the Mountain. Galeras, Colombia. January 14, 1993. 10. The Descent into Galeras. Galeras, Colombia. January 14, 1993. 11. The Eruption. 12. The Rescue. 13. The Aftermath. 14. Conflicting Accounts. Epilogue: Winter 1996-Summer 2000.
ISBN
0060199202
LCCN
00054114
OCLC
  • 316245158
  • ocn316245158
  • SCSB-4111716
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries