Worlds on Fire takes the reader on a fascinating tour of the mightiest
volcanoes in the
Solar System. From Kilauea volcano in Hawaii and Mount Etna in Sicily, it leaps to the
lava fields and rilles of the Moon, retraces the historic footsteps of the Apollo astronauts and describes new volcanic provinces to explore. The three largest volcanoes of Mars - Olympus Mons, Alba Patera and Arsia Mons - are profiled, amongst others. The strange world of Venus, revealed by radar, opens our perspective of volcanism to features never seen before: pancake domes of puffed-up lava, and gigantic fault rings sitting over buried magma chambers. The tour of the Solar System ends with the only current eruptions outside Earth: the spectacular volcanoes of Io - Jupiter’s fiery moon. This highly readable book,
illustrated with the most
recent imagery from
spacecraft, will appeal to general readers, and students of Earth and planetary sciences.
• Emphasis on 25 individual volcanoes in the solar system
• The most up-to-date, comprehensive book on volcanism in the solar system
• Highly illustrated with the most recent imagery from spacecraft