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A EFFORTS REWARDED

B GOALS TO ACHIEVE

C AT THE TOP OF THE ‘MONSTER’

D AT A CAMPSITE

E RESCUE TEAM

F TROUBLE: PAST AND PRESENT


INSIDE A VOLCANO


4. 1.

It takes a full day to climb up the side of the volcano. From the edge, two of the world’s leading

volcano scientists Dario Tedesco and Ken Sims look down into the crater. They want to study this

volcano. It is called Nyiragongo. In the centre of this black rock they see a lake of hot lava.

Even here, the scientists can feel the heat. Seeing the lake is one thing. Hearing it is another.

It roars like a jet plane taking off.

4. 2.

The scientists worry about Goma, the city which lies at the base of the volcano. The question is not

if the nearby volcano will erupt, but when. The volcano has erupted twice. In 1977, an eruption broke

the walls of the lava lake. It destroyed everything in its path. In 2002, lava destroyed thousands

of homes in Goma. But both eruptions were small compared with what the volcano might do.

4. 3.

Protecting Goma is why the scientists have climbed the volcano. They need to learn as much

as possible about Nyiragongo, take measurements and collect rock and gas samples. What Sims

wants most is a ‘zero-age sample’ – a chunk of fresh, hardened lava from the lake itself. It can help

scientists tell the age of all the rocks they collect and make better predictions about when the

volcano might erupt. Most of the group will stay on top of the volcano, where they have set up

a small camp. Only a few scientists will climb down into the crater.

4. 4.

Before getting to work, each team member puts on a gas mask. The lava lake gives off clouds

of poisonous gases. Sims worries about the zero-age sample. Finally, he decides to take the risk.

He keeps climbing. When he reaches forward, a small piece of freshly hardened lava breaks off.

It is shiny and black and hot. He has risked his life but he has got the zero-age sample. It could

be the key to saving Goma.