Wet and Dry, Fire and Ice:
Visiting Seven of America’s Natural Wonders
VOICE TWO: Welcome to Mount Kilauea, the world’s most
active volcano. It is on the island of Hawaii. Kilauea is not far
from Mauna Loa, the largest volcano in the world.
Kilauea has been releasing burning hot liquid rock called lava
continuously since nineteen eighty-three. The lava flows down
the mountain to the Pacific Ocean. Its fierce heat produces a
big cloud of steam when it hits the cold water. Kilauean lava continues to add land to the island.
Sometimes visitors are able to walk out near the edge of this new black volcanic rock.
VOICE ONE: These seven natural American wonders, from waterfalls to volcanoes, are not the
only ones in the United States. What about the Great Salt Lake, the Old Faithful Geyser, the
Mammoth Caves and the giant redwood forests? We will have to report about them and other
natural wonders another time.
Wet and Dry, Fire and Ice:
Visiting Seven of America’s Natural
Wonders
VOICE TWO: Welcome to Mount Kilauea, the
world’s most active volcano. It is on the island
of Hawaii. Kilauea is not far from Mauna Loa,
the largest volcano in the world.
Kilauea has been releasing burning hot liquid
rock called lava continuously since nineteen
eighty-three. The lava flows down the mountain
to the Pacific Ocean. Its fierce heat produces a
big cloud of steam when it hits the cold water.
Kilauean lava continues to add land to the
island. Sometimes visitors are able to walk out
near the edge of this new black volcanic rock.
VOICE ONE: These seven natural American
wonders, from waterfalls to volcanoes, are not
the only ones in the United States. What about
the Great Salt Lake, the Old Faithful Geyser, the
Mammoth Caves and the giant redwood
forests? We will have to report about them and
other natural wonders another time.
