简介：KilaueacontinuallymoldsHawaii’sBigIsland.Creatingnewland,shapingancientforestsandcarvingtunnelsthroughtheearth,thevolcanofascinatesadedicatedgroupofscientistsandfilmmakerswhofollowitseveryaction.Usinginnovativenewimagingtechnologiestomapthemagmachamber,followingthelava’sheatalongitsjourneyunderground,andlisteningtotheconstantnoisesofitsmovements,geologistsmaptheshiftingliquidearthastheyworktounderstanditsawesomeforce. Ejectingfire,moltenrock,giantbouldersandpoisonousgases,thevolcanocanbeahazardforresearchers,homeowners,plantsandanimals,butitdoesn’tjustleavedestructioninitswake.Twistsandturnsinthelava’sflowleavesomepatchesoforiginalecosystems,calledkipukas,undisturbed.Theseoasesoflifeprovideahaventomanyrarecreatures—includingtheHawaiianstatebird,theNene—butremaininconstantdangerfromthevolcanoandfrominvasivespecies.Belowthesurface,inactivelavatubesprovidehomesformanyuniquespeciesofdarkness-lovingcreaturescalledtroglobites. Attheendofitsjourney,thelavameetstheocean.Bravinganextremelyhotsea,filmmakersrecordthebirthofnewlandandtheincrediblephenomenonofpillowlava–abizarreandtrulymagicalsighttobehold. Violentandbeautiful,destructiveandcreative,Kilauea:MountainofFireexplorestheincrediblepowerofthevolcanoandthechallengesoflifeinitsshadow.…