Nat Geo's Most Amazing Photos

Episode 1

Lava Hunter

Sat, Jun 27, 2009

World-renowned photographer Bob Madden is on a quest to get the perfect photo of lava spewing from the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea. Thirty-five years ago a photo of Kilauea's lava landed him one of his many National Geographic Magazine covers. Flash forward several decades and once again, he wants to capture the red stuff! His quest will lead him to fly into, swim into, run from, and run headlong toward some of the hottest stuff the earth can produce. He cracks it open with scientists, discovers its secrets, and nearly gets himself killed in the process. All in the pursuit to get some of the most amazing photographs on earth.