They died doing what they loved – chasing volcanoes

A new documentary about French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft tells the surprisingly uplifting tale of a very romantic death.

Matt TefferProduction editor

Nov 10, 2022 – 8.53am

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A tiny figure dressed in what looks like a silver spacesuit stands on the edge of a black crater, dwarfed by an enormous fiery-red geyser spewing lava 15, or maybe 20, metres into the sky above her.

French volcanologist Katia Krafft “dances” before an erupting volcano in Iceland.

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Matt TefferProduction editorMatt Teffer is a production editor and writer with The Australian Financial Review, and reviews live music for The Sydney Morning Herald.