Journey into Volcanic Vacations

Volcanoes are places of utter hostility, where life cannot exist. Volcanoes can explode with little warning and with devastating force, firing lethal material down-slope at hundreds of kilometres per hour.
But there are some people who think it is fun to get in close.
For these adrenalin-junkies, risking life and limb is a small price to pay for the sake of an experience that will stay with them forever.
While it is estimated that there are more than 1 500 active volcanoes around the world — mountains that spew burning earth and blast searing winds and torrents of molten rock —DStv viewers will be able to explore on this extreme vacation to some of the most inhospitable places on Earth.
In this programme — every Sunday at 4pm — prepare for a bumpy ride in the company of the world’s most extreme thrill-seekers on DSTV channel 125.
Interesting volcano facts
• There are about 1?500 active volcanoes in the world that have erupted in the past 10 000 years.
• The biggest volcano in the world is Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
• More than 80 percent of the Earth’s surface is volcanic in origin.
• The rock debris carried by the blast of Mount St Helen’s eruption travelled as fast as 300km/hr!
• More than half of the world’s active volcanoes above sea level encircle the Pacific Ocean to form the “Ring of Fire”.
• Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanic place in the solar system.