Nyiragongo: a volcano in the city
details
- Production
- 2003, France
- Original language
- French
- Running time
- 00:52:00
- Genre
- documentary
- Topic
- geology, history of science
- Directed by
- Antoine de Maximy
- Written by
- Antoine de Maximy
- Produced by
- Bonne Pioche
- Member page
- Bonne Pioche
At 15 km from Goma in Congo, stands, at 3500 meters, one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, the Nyiragongo. In 2002, a catastrophic eruption caused lava flows into the city of Goma. The plume has persisted over the volcano, volcanologist Jacques Durieux worries: the volcano threat terribly 400,000 residents of Goma.
Selected at Pariscience 2005
See the showing : Thursday 13th October 2005 from 12h00 to 14h00