Much of this inter-island cooperation is the result of efforts by part-time Volcano resident Alain Gerente. Gerente, a well-known videographer of Piton de la Fournaise eruptions, is a mathematician who was on the faculty at the University of Science on La Reunion. He has been a tireless supporter of closer relations between his two island homes—Hawai‘i and La Reunion—which have so much in common...

When three individuals embark on a journey to look for a missing photographer, they're confronted with the wildest rainforest, giant waterfalls, and unexplored canyons. The adventurers end up right in the heart of a volcanic eruption and get to experience the beauty that is possessed by this world.

Alain Gerente a filmé toutes les grandes éruptions du Piton de La Fournaise. Il a rassemblé des documents et retracera samedi après-midi à 15h00 à la Cité du Volcan à la Plaine des Cafres, trois siècles d’histoire du cratère Dolomieu. Alain Gerente filmed all the major eruptions of Piton de La Fournaise and is now featured at la Cité du Volcan in Reunion Island.