With terrifying unpredictability, the Earth develops without a word of warning, undergoing upheavals and transformations which change climate, environment and geographical appearance, sometimes in a matter of seconds. No technological development or scientific understanding of the Earth and her natural processes serves to prevent or prepare humans for the earthquakes, tornados, floods, tsunamis which rock her surface. Natural disasters remind human beings not only of their fragility, but also of the wild origins of the most exotic and beautiful scenery on Earth today.