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The Voice of This Stone The Voice of This Stone by widely published and respected volcanologist with five decades of scientific study and boots-on-the-ground experience shares his expert knowledge and an exclusive collection of photos and illustrations. Below is a sample of selected pages from the printed book.
Sample imagery featured in The Voice of This Stone: Learning from Volcanic Disasters Around the World
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Most of Pompeii’s citizens were able to escape before Vesuvius erupted. The ruins of Pompeii and the sculpture-like figures of those who died are today part of a disaster museum. (iStock.com / DHuss)
Mount St. Helens in winter, 1980–81, looking due north with Spirit Lake at right. The lake’s level was 60 m (200 ft) higher than before the eruption of May 18. The lake was dammed by the debris avalanche that flowed north before most of it turned down the North Fork Toutle River. (Kevin Scott photo)
An image from the 1991 disaster at Mount Unzen, Japan, appears in signage near the elementary school. It was among the buildings overrun by the pyroclastic flow of June 3. In December 2007, a new armored observatory stood at left. Behind it, vents at the dome were still producing small steam emissions. (Kevin Scott photo)
A Landsat image shows the Mount Katmai Caldera, Novarupta Dome (the 1912 eruption site), and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. (USGS)
A map of the Alaska Peninsula shows Mount Katmai and Veniaminof Volcano. Evacuated Katmai village was due south of Mount Katmai on the coast. In 2018, Veniaminof remained active, routinely releasing minor ash emissions. (C. L. Nye, Alaska Volcano Observatory)
Life-saving signs like these were created following the Nevado del Ruiz tragedy in Colombia. (Lisa Faust, USGS)
Nevado del Huila in December 2008. (Martin Roca; CC by-3.0)
Citlaltépetl and Barranca Grande lie at the east end of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB). (iStock.com / Mirko Oleg Tiburcio Gomez)
Popocatéptl, south flank, December 2, 2008. (José Luis Macías)
Lahar flow routes are visible on this map of Popocatépetl and surrounding cities, with Tenochtitlán to west and Tlaxcala to east. (After Siebe and Macías, 2004)
Fuego de Colima, lava flow and ash plume, December 17, 1998. (José Luis Macías)
The two Volcanes de Colima, Nevado (at top) and Fuego (below), are distinguishable in this satellite view. (USGS)
The destructive runout route of Casita’s flank collapse left deep scars on the land and in the hearts of those who lost loved ones and property. (Kevin Scott photo)
An outline of the Volcán Casita lahar shows its flow down the south flank. The towns of El Porvenir and Róland Rodriguez were obliterated from the face of the earth. (After Scott and others, 2005)
Mount Unzen, showing route and effects of the June 3, 1991, pyroclastic flow in a view looking west–northwest. (After Japanese sources)
Nearly 60,000 people were successfully evacuated before Mount Pinatubo’s cataclysmic eruption in 1991. (iStock.com / NaiveAngel)
The modern cone of Vesuvius, with the somma rim of the huge, ancient volcano on upper left. Despite repeated catastrophic events, development has not slowed on the flanks of the volcano. (iStock.com / TatianaMironenko)
At Herculaneum, bones of the dead were discovered in barrel vaults, or boat houses; they were subsequently replaced by replicas. (Kevin Scott photo)
The community of Orting, Washington, in 1994. The floor of the Puyallup and Carbon River valleys consists of about 1 to 5 m of Electron Mudflow deposits. (Dave Wieprecht)
The community of Orting, Washington, in 1994. The floor of the Puyallup and Carbon River valleys consists of about 1 to 5 m of Electron Mudflow deposits. (Dave Wieprecht)
