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is a graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Warsaw. Born in Gdynia, she is a passionate enthusiast of the world. Passionate to the point that three years ago she embarked on a long journey with her husband. And she hasn’t bought a return ticket to this day. She prefers mountain peaks to paradise beaches. She believes that active volcanoes are one of the most fascinating phenomena in nature. Hanna runs her own blog sledznas.com.

Are you looking to combine the admiration for the beauty and power of nature with a shiver of emotion and a pinch of fear? Then you need to observe active volcanoes: from the rim of a crater, from a neighbouring summit, from the water or from the air.

Volcanoes are present on all continents – from Europe all the way to Antarctica. They fascinate and frighten at the same time. They bring life (volcanic soil can be exceptionally fertile) as well as death. They make us aware of the destructive power of nature. For many religions, volcanoes are dwellings of the gods, and any eruptions are evidence of their wrath.

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Hanna Bora:

is a graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Warsaw. Born in Gdynia, she is a passionate enthusiast of the world. Passionate to the point that three years ago she embarked on a long journey with her husband. And she hasn’t bought a return ticket to this day. She prefers mountain peaks to paradise beaches. She believes that active volcanoes are one of the most fascinating phenomena in nature. Hanna runs her own blog sledznas.com.

Translation: Mark Ordon

Publish date: 17.06.2019

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The fear of volcanoes still rattles somewhere in the outer limits of the collective memory of the Homo sapiens species. But unlike hunger, great plagues, floods or earthquakes, people haven’t had much to do with volcano eruptions; nevertheless catastrophes caused by them have always been immediately associated with the end of the world.

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