Word: lavas
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...first outing, to the 7,620-ft. Mutnovsky volcano, was a day's bumpy ride from Petropavlovsk in a six-wheel-drive bus. Rockslides blocked the road at one point, so we piled out, doing calisthenics to keep warm, while the truck roared and slid around the frozen lava. That night we camped at the foot of the volcano, in a meadow carpeted with yellow rhododendrons and crimson bearberries. While we hauled water from a freezing stream, our cook, Elena Lukyanova, served up meat stew, brown bread, cheese, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, and chocolates--one of many feasts...
...Koro is a native of Ende, the island's lush capital, which perches on the south shore in the shadow of emerald folds of lava-molded mountains. But he runs his adventure travel business from a wooden house on the outskirts of Maumere. "Maumere is the gateway to Flores. The airport is here, and the best hotels. That's why the tsunami was so devastating," he says...
.../scratch duels that are their signature sound. “The Bionic Jam” verges on techno, with its driving samples and “Better, faster, stronger/ We have the technology” sloganeering. The Baldwins then swerve into the appropriately kitschily titled “Lava lamp,” which playfully flirts with the sound of elevator muzak in its psychedelic haze, as does “Somebody Else’s Favorite Song...
...gentle winds, we reach Pokolbin, less a town than a crossroad surrounded by wineries. The heart of wine country, it is home to world-renowned labels such as Tyrrell's, Brokenwood, McWilliam's, McGuigan and numerous boutique wines not yet discovered by international connoisseurs. Below us, vineyards spread like lava far into the distance. We begin to descend, brushing the tops of trees as we drift toward our paddock, 15 km from where we started. "Take your landing positions," says our commander, "and hold on tight...
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO The Wrath of Mount Nyiragongo Lava poured down the slopes of Mount Nyiragongo and through the eastern Congolese city of Goma, destroying everything in its path and sending hundreds of thousands of people fleeing for their lives. U.N. officials put the death toll at about 50, as displaced people lined roads into Rwanda and gathered in the town of Gisenyi. As the 3,469-m volcano continued to spew molten rock, earthquakes shook the area and a cloud of smoke hung in the air. The lava flow ended in Lake Kivu, on the border...