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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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