In 1991, when Roger Ressmeyer was asked to photograph "Volcanoes, Crucibles of Creation" for National Geographic Magazine, nobody realized the assignment would cover the century's most volcanically active year. Since then, his images have been published globally and are featured in "Volcanoes -- Life on the Edge", an award-winning CD-ROM. In 1995, Ressmeyer’s photographs of several California earthquakes appeared in his "Living With California's Faults" coverage, also for National Geographic.
© ROGER RESSMEYER / Corbis

Roger Ressmeyer Next to Lava at Mount Etna, 1992

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