******************************************************************** From: Alain Gerente <alain.gerente@xxxxxxxxxx> ******************************************************************** New Volcano Book by Brad Lewis and Paul Edouard B. de Lajartre THE RED VOLCANOES Face to face with the mountains of fire Authors : Brad Lewis and Paul Edouard Bernard de Lajartre Publisher : Thames and Hudson ISBN : 978-0-500-54340-5 144 pages and 126 photographs Forewords by Jim Kauhikaua, Scientist-in-charge, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and by Gora Patel General director of a RFO French TV. Introductions by Jack Lockwood and Alain Gerente http://www.redvolcanoes.com/ French Version available : VOLCANS ROUGES, au coeur des montagnes de feu Editeur : Thames et Hudson ISBN : 978-2-87811-304-4 http://www.volcansrouges.com/ DESCRIPTION Kilauea in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Piton de La Fournaise in the French Island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean belong to the family of the most active basaltic volcanoes in the world. The late volcanologist, Bob Decker, always described these two volcanoes as sister volcanoes because " each is active and erupts almost every year with fluid fountains and flows". Together they form the focus of this dazzling photographic essay by 2 world-class photographers Brad Lewis and Paul Edouard Bernard de Lajartre. This book is more than a tribute to the beauty of Kilauea and Piton de La Fournaise. The magnificent photographs are irresistible and they revive memories for all those who have been lucky enough to witness the eruptions of these two magical volcanoes. This book take us between dream and reality into the breathtaking world of these two volcanoes. Internationally recognized volcanologist Jack Lockwood provides an introduction based on his extensive work with Hawaiian volcanoes and the native people that live on them. Alain Gerente well-known for his French TV serie " The Great eruptions of the Piton de la Fournaise" introduces the hanai sister Piton de La Fournaise. ------------------------------------------------------------ Alain Gerente 42 avenue de Bourbon 97434 Saint Gilles Les Bains île de la Réunion www.alaingerente.com www.lafournaise.fr www.run-islandadventure.com ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
