Product Description: "Describes the progression of technology that makes land and water travel possible, from the earliest vehicles powered by animals and humans to today's high-speed trains and sophisticated sea vessels"--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: In a helicopter with no doors, she hovers over a lava lake the size of two football fields --- then lands! She runs through clouds of scalding steam, dodging lava bombs, to photograph glowing hot lava as it pours into the sea. She sets up camp on the edge of a volcano's cone, only to be hit with hurricane-force winds, poisonous gases and acidic ash...read more

The author describes some of the world's most dangerous volcanoes and the work she does as a volcano researcher.

Explores the origins and effects of water on the landscape including the formation of caves and deserts.