In the 6th century AD, large parts of the world were affected by mysterious weather events causing temperature drop, crop failures and famines. All this might be the result of a large volcanic eruption in the tropics. But can a local natural disaster impact the global weather, thus influencing the course of history? Using stunning re-enactments and unique animation techniques, “The Power of Volcanoes” makes it clear: Volcanoes might be sleeping giants. But they can wake up quicker than you think and in the worst case trigger a fatal chain of events.

On the 24th August 79 AD, the eruption of Vesuvius eradicated the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum....

Documentaries by Katia and Maurice Krafft feature some of the amazing footage shot by the renowned v...

On August 25th, 79 AD, the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were flash-frozen in time when Mo...

Documentaries by Katia and Maurice Krafft feature some of the amazing footage shot by the renowned v...

For more than 20 years, Maurice & Katia Krafft have traveled the world. From Iceland to Hawaii, from...

With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes a...

What would be the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the Chinese metropolis Shanghai...

In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and...

In 2001, satellite imagery captured a mysterious “thermal anomaly” on an unexplored volcano at the e...

A historical drama documentary depicting the eruption of Krakatoa volcano in 1883. The volcano was l...

40, 000 years ago the steppes of Eurasia were home to our closest human relative, the Neanderthals. ...

Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft t...

On the morning of August 27, 1883, the rumbling volcano of Krakatoa stood more than 6,000 feet high,...

Witness the awesome power and the unimaginable destruction of explosive volcanoes, ground-buckling e...
A moving record of a natural disaster, Volcano documents the effect of a sudden volcanic eruption on...

For centuries the inhabitants of the Icelandic village Vík í Mýrdal maintained a mystique relationsh...

Face of the Earth explores the origin of our planet's outer layer, the why-and-how of its mobility. ...

The epic story of the life of a volcano, capable of both causing the extinction of all things and he...