Earth on Fire: How volcanoes shape our planet

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Volcanoes are the most awe-inspiring, fascinating and potentially devastating geological phenomena on earth. This large-format book brings together a spectacular collection of Bernhard Edmaier's aerial photographs of volcanoes both active and dormant around the world. As well as sensational pyrotechnics, Earth on Fire features beautiful photographs that reveal how volcanic activity shapes the landscape of our planet, and informative, accessible texts explaining the formations and phenomena shown in the photographs.

Bernhard Edmaier (b.1957) trained as a civil engineer and geologist and has photographed the earth's surface for over 15 years. The result of meticulous planning and research, his extraordinary travels take him from the endless deserts of Africa to the ice plains of Iceland and the coral of the Great Barrier Reef. His abstractly beautiful compositions offer an awe-inspiring view of our planet Dr Angelika Jung-Huttl (b.1957) is a geologist and writer who contributes to a number of different newspapers and popular scientific magazines. She has worked and travelled with Edmaier for 10 years and has written several books on volcanoes, ice and glaciers

'If only geography textbooks in school had been this exciting. - stunning images [ - ] showing how beautiful, and dangerous, our unstable world can be.' Ross McGuiness, Metro, 24 November 2009 'striking images, accompanied by easy-to-grasp explanations - Learn from the informative text or just gawp at the pictures of nature at its most angry.' Wanderlust, December 2009 'spectacular - Crisply written texts [ - ] explain the formations we observe in the photographs - so we get education as well as eruptions. - a thrilling introduction to vulcanology [ - ] and a warming that not all global warming comes from above.' Chris Ross, Time Out, 2 December 2009 'With words by geologist Angelika Jung-Huttl and extraordinary pictures such as these, you'll never need to see another disaster movie for your thrills, and you'll also learn a lot about Earth and its origins.' Mail on Sunday, 21 March 2010