Text and pictures describe many aspect of volcanoes including eruptions, lava rivers, ash clouds, steaming springs, and more.

Originally published: London : Usborne, 2005. Includes index.

Exploding earth -- Volcano forms -- Fiery fountains -- Big blasts -- Red-hot rivers -- Deadly clouds -- Undersea eruptions -- hot water -- black smokers -- Great geysers -- Dead or alive? -- Violent Vesuvius -- American eruption -- Volcano experts -- Glossary of volcano words -- Websites to visit -- Index.