https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/geotourism/ Recent content in Geotourism on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:41:52 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/danger-paradise-hidden-hazards-volcano-geotourism/ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:41:52 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/danger-paradise-hidden-hazards-volcano-geotourism/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/danger-paradise-hidden-hazards-volcano-geotourism/20111213_mrp_0170_L_USGS.jpg" alt="Hawaii&#39;s Kilauea volcano often flows into the ocean, creating a beautiful but dangerous site. USGS HVO" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Hawaii&#39;s Kilauea volcano often flows into the ocean, creating a beautiful but dangerous site. USGS HVO</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/danger-paradise-hidden-hazards-volcano-geotourism/DSC00089_Sever.jpg" alt="Warning sign outside the visitor&#39;s center at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Megan Sever" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Warning sign outside the visitor&#39;s center at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Megan Sever</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/danger-paradise-hidden-hazards-volcano-geotourism/Volcano_Boarding_Cerro_Negro_NicaPlease.jpg" alt="Sandboarding is a popular tourist activity on Cerro Negro in Nicaragua. NicaPlease" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Sandboarding is a popular tourist activity on Cerro Negro in Nicaragua. NicaPlease</figcaption> </figure> <p>In November 2000, rangers at <a href="http://www.nps.gov/havo/">Hawaii Volcanoes National Park</a> made a gruesome discovery. The bodies of a man and a woman, in an advanced state of decomposition, were found near the site where lava from the Kilauea eruption flows into the sea, sending up plumes of scalding white steam. The area, aptly named the Eruption Site, is littered with chunks of tephra, a glassy volcanic rock, which are formed and ejected violently into the air when the 2,000-degree-Celsius lava is quenched by seawater.</p>