Journey to Fire Mountain Part 1

On the island of Tanna, the team get perilously close to the bubbling lava at the heart of Yasur to retrieve lava bombs that contain vital data. En route to the volcano, they discover why Kapia pigs are so revered on the island, how a cyclone caused a three-kilometre-wide lake to disappear in just a...

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Other Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd.,, Infobase,
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2015]
distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (48 min. 26 sec.)) : sound, color.
Series: Journey to Fire Mountain.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Journey to Fire Mountain: Part 1
  • (1:27)
  • Mount Yasur
  • (2:52)
  • Lava Bombs
  • (4:43)
  • Son of the Volcano Spirit
  • (5:43)
  • Monitoring Sulfur Levels
  • (2:02)
  • Inhabitant's Culture
  • (2:39)
  • Radiant Heat
  • (4:00)
  • Farming in Vanuatu
  • (3:32)
  • History of Mount Yasur
  • (3:18)
  • Evidence of Cataclysmic Eruption
  • (2:39)
  • Waiting for a Lava Bomb
  • (3:59)
  • Mount Yasur Throws a Bomb
  • (4:00)
  • Collecting a Lava Bomb
  • (4:16)
  • Scientific Observation
  • (2:14)
  • Credits: Journey to Fire Mountain: Part 1
  • (0:39)