Cover Image

Rivers of fire /

A volcanic eruption in Northern Queensland more than 199,000 years ago spewed lava streams 23 kilometres long creating the Undara lava tubes. A remarkable refuge for wildlife, researchers are drawn to the tubes to discover why the population of cave creatures is so high; to examine the similarity of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Atkinson, Anne (F. Anne) (Speaker), Campbell, Richard (Producer), Picot, Geneviève, 1956- (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Sydney, New South Wales : ABC Commercial, 1992.
Series:Australasian video online
Australia wild ; Series 1, Episode 12
Subjects:
Volcanoes > Australia.
Undara Volcano (Qld.)
Volcanoes
Australia
Queensland > Undara Volcano
Alexander Street Video.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:A volcanic eruption in Northern Queensland more than 199,000 years ago spewed lava streams 23 kilometres long creating the Undara lava tubes. A remarkable refuge for wildlife, researchers are drawn to the tubes to discover why the population of cave creatures is so high; to examine the similarity of its basalt to that on the Moon; and to observe the changes that the seasons bring to the lives of the bats, beetles, spiders, mites, flies and moths that inhabit them.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 10, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (27 min.).
Playing Time:00:27:33