Lesson 67 Volcanoes 火山【Text 】Haroun Tazieff, the Polish scientist, has spent his lifetime studying active volcanoes and deep caves in all parts of the world
In 1948, he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro
Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently
Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long
He noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming towards him
It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time
He waited until the volcano became quiet and be was able to return two days later
This time, he managed to climb into the mouth of Kituro so that he could take photographs and measure tempe