Ring of Fire

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Ring of Fire can refer to:

[edit] Natural world

• Pacific Ring of Fire, a region ringing the Pacific Ocean that is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity
• An annular solar eclipse
• A United States colloquial term for a high-amplitude jet stream pattern across the northern tier of states during the summer months, usually resulting in a widespread area of daytime convection

[edit] Music

• "Ring of Fire" (song), a song famously performed by Johnny Cash, written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore
• Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash, an album by Johnny Cash which, despite its name, was not strictly a best of album as it featured the first ever recording of the famous song of the same name
• Ring of Fire (musical), a musical theatre production in March 2006 on Broadway on the life of Johnny Cash

[edit] Prose

• Ring of Fire (series), a series of alternate history books by Eric Flint & other authors which explore the impact of modern technology transposed into the 17th century, by means of a 'Ring of Fire' event
  • Ring of Fire (anthology) and Ring of Fire II; two books of short stories edited by Eric Flint, as a part of the above series
• Ring of Fire (Buffy comic)
• Narya, one of the Three Rings of Elvenkind in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth

[edit] Films

• Ring of Fire (film), a movie about the boxer Emile Griffith
• Ring of Fire (1961 film), a film directed by Andrew L. Stone
• Ring of Fire (1991 film), an IMAX documentary narrated by Robert Foxworth about Lawrence Blair's research into the volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ring of Fire
• Ring of Fire (film series), a 1988 series of documentaries by Lawrence Blair and Lorne Blair about their voyages in Indonesia
  • Ring of Fire (book), a tie-in to the film series

[edit] Radio and TV

• Ring of Fire (radio program), a weekly radio program on the Air America Radio network that is hosted by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Mike Papantonio
• "Ring of Fire" (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode)

• Episode name of Bear Grylls fourth season in Man vs. Wild, 16 May 2008.

[edit] Other

• Ring of Fire / Larson Fireball, a carnival ride
• Ring of Fire (game), a drinking game also sometimes referred to as "Kings"
• Ring of Fire, a top level club ultimate frisbee team from North Carolina