Earthly/Geo/Astro · Performativity · Science · Videos

Lava on Ice, and other Lava Pourings

Geology typically requires a suspension of our everyday sense of time to be appreciated. If you stare at a rock for a minute or two, you’re unlikely to be rewarded with much action—unless you throw it. But that doesn’t do it for everybody.

What does do it for just about everybody is volcanoes. Big, violent volcanoes. Angry mountains spewing their molten guts high into the atmosphere, with fiery blobs and bits flying everywhere. Of course, such sights are preferably taken in through the comforting insulation of a television set—even a relatively calm volcano like Hawaii’s Kilauea demands serious precaution.

Excerpt of an article written by Scott K. Johnson at Ars Technica. Continue HERE

Syracuse University Lava Project

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