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Fire of Love

This one shows how lavais stretched into glass wool called Pele's hair

This one shows how lava
is stretched into glass wool called Pele's hair

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This one shows how lava is stretched into glass wool
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called Pele's hair.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
1,734
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:47
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Sandbox Films,Cottage M,Intuitive Pictures,National Geographic Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.
And this shot helps visualize plate tectonic theory. - Fire of Love 00:06
And this shot helps visualize plate tectonic theory.
Volcanology is a science of observation. - Fire of Love 00:05
Volcanology is a science of observation.
The closer they get, the more they see. - Fire of Love 00:05
The closer they get, the more they see.
The very instant a volcano wakes up, - Fire of Love 00:13
The very instant a volcano wakes up,
Maurice and Katia make their expedition to Nyiragongo, - Fire of Love 00:09
Maurice and Katia make their expedition to Nyiragongo,
They are guided by fellow volcanologist Jacques Durieux. - Fire of Love 00:06
They are guided by fellow volcanologist Jacques Durieux.
You arrive at the mouth of the volcano, - Fire of Love 00:09
You arrive at the mouth of the volcano,
Not so high, 300 meters. But very bad rock. - Fire of Love 00:06
Not so high, 300 meters. But very bad rock.
All kinds of fumaroles went through, and so it's not strong. - Fire of Love 00:05
All kinds of fumaroles went through, and so it's not st...
Here, Maurice and Katia make their home - Fire of Love 00:06
Here, Maurice and Katia make their home
Suddenly, the lava plunges down - Fire of Love 00:06
Suddenly, the lava plunges down
Katia and Maurice will eventually emerge - Fire of Love 00:08
Katia and Maurice will eventually emerge
In the immense universe - Fire of Love 00:10
In the immense universe
Red volcanoes, like Nyiragongo, - Fire of Love 00:10
Red volcanoes, like Nyiragongo,
Magma rises and fills in the gaps opened up by the movement of the Earth, - Fire of Love 00:08
Magma rises and fills in the gaps opened up by the movement ...
And up to 1200 degrees Celsius hot. - Fire of Love 00:05
And up to 1200 degrees Celsius hot.
Katia is drawn to details, the interconnectedness of things. - Fire of Love 00:06
Katia is drawn to details, the interconnectedness of things.
Maurice, the singular, the grandiose. - Fire of Love 00:06
Maurice, the singular, the grandiose.
They both observe the world, but in their own distinct ways. - Fire of Love 00:07
They both observe the world, but in their own distinct ways.
Katia, with her still camera, captures one moment with one frame. - Fire of Love 00:07
Katia, with her still camera, captures one moment with one f...