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Phoenix Temple
A close-up look at volcanoes, exploring how these startling eruptions affect the surrounding environment. Featuring a visit to the volcano Messiah, in Nicaragua., Explore the destructive and productive power of the active Masaya volcano in Nicaragua and discover how it has shaped the surrounding landscape over its 30,000 year history., The life that surrounds Nicaragua’s active Masaya Volcano is examined. Included: bats that have colonized the miles of tunnels created by hot flowing magma; and parakeets and vultures that have made nests inside the crater. Also: vegetation that, over hundreds of years, has recolonized barren stretches on the volcano’s flanks; and the fields, pastures and towns that have grown over the oldest lava flows.
