Katia krafft biography for kids
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Katia and Maurice Krafft facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Katia and Maurice Krafft | |
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| Born | April 17, 1942 (Katia), March 25, 1946 (Maurice) |
| Died | June 3, 1991(1991-06-03) (aged 49) (Katia) June 3, 1991(1991-06-03) (aged 45) (Maurice) Mount Unzen, Japan32°45′09.5″N130°20′14.1″E / 32.752639°N 130.337250°E / 32.752639; 130.337250) |
| Cause of death | Killed by the 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen |
| Nationality | French |
Catherine Joséphine "Katia" Krafft (néeConrad; 17 April 1942 – 3 June 1991) and her husband, Maurice Paul Krafft (25 March 1946 – 3 June 1991), were French volcanologists who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, in Japan, on June 3, 1991. The Kraffts were known for being pioneers in filming, photographing and recording volcanoes, often getting within feet of lava flows. Their obituary appeared in the Bulletin of Volcanology. Werner Herzog's documentary Into the Inferno highlights them.
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Katia and Maurice Krafft
French volcanologists
Catherine Joséphine "Katia" Krafft (née Conrad; 17 April 1942 – 3 June 1991) and her husband, Maurice Paul Krafft (25 March 1946 – 3 June 1991) were French volcanologists and filmmakers who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, Nagasaki, Japan, on 3 June 1991. The Kraffts became well known as pioneers in the filming, photographing, and recording of volcanoes, often coming within feet of lava flows. Their obituary appeared in the Bulletin of Volcanology.[1] Since their deaths, their work has been featured in two documentary films by Werner Herzog, Into the Inferno (2016) and The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022), and a further film, Fire of Love (2022), depicted their lives, relationship and careers using their archived footage.
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[edit]Katia Conrad was born on 17 April 1942 in Guebwiller, France, to Charles and Madeleine Conrad.[1&# • Sara Dosa’s documentary, Fire of Love, now streaming on Disney+, tells the story of Katia and Maurice Krafft, French volcanologists who not only loved each other fiercely, but also loved volcanoes. Indeed, you might say volcanoes were their entire lives, right up to their deaths. Volcanology is a science of observation, the documentary tells the viewer—and the closer one gets, the more one sees. And the Kraffts saw more than almost anyone during their time. The bulk of the spelfilm footage fryst vatten from the Kraffts, along with television clips of both Katia and Maurice. Watching the footage of flowing lava, and images such as one of Katia standing near a crater that is spewing molten lava high into the air behind her, seem to defy reality—but they are very real. The Kraffts talk about how their clothes would get burned or how mishaps resulted in peeling skin. At one point, Maurice fries eggs in a pan on the volcanic rocks, saying he’s usually much better at it
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