Lava

**NickAtNight** · 06-12-2012, 01:30 PM

I haven't seen any documentaries/nature channel snippets on lava for years, so it was great fun watching this:

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Can you imagine the view from that rim? Wow!

And check out the shapes and patterns at the top left rising to the surface around 0:30 to 0:45. Fascinating.

Anyone else have links to any cool lava videos or perhaps interesting knowledge about this beyond what one might find in wikipedia?

**thod** · 06-12-2012, 01:57 PM

Lava. Yea lava is cool. Well not really cool, it's hot. Yea, hot in every sense. I like lava. Lava is orange and glowy. Lave is nerdy though. I don't want to be a nerd, but I like lava. So I must be a bit nerdy.

**mieu** · 06-14-2012, 07:48 AM

Lava is really cool, just the fact that it's molten rock, and makes up much of what is directly beneath our feet. I've seen videos of areas in Hawaii where lava flows obstructing traffic are not uncommon. If we were somehow able to reliably harness lava, we could create endless steam-based power...maybe we've already done this. Dunno~

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stasis · 06-14-2012, 08:02 AM

	Originally Posted by thod To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Yea, hot in every sense.

You wouldn't want to stick your knob in.

**paleoeco** · 06-14-2012, 08:09 AM

The most amazing thing about it to me is that it gives a sense of "realness" to temperatures that high. We hear about 5500 C and what not in terms of stellar temps and whatnot, but that's all very abstract. But molten rock at 1000 C? Yeah, it's not that hot by comparison, but when you realize that it's MELTED rock....that' HOT...and suddenly that 5500 C is brought into perspective.

06-12-2012, 01:30 PM	#1
NickAtNight New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 77	I haven't seen any documentaries/nature channel snippets on lava for years, so it was great fun watching this: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Can you imagine the view from that rim? Wow! And check out the shapes and patterns at the top left rising to the surface around 0:30 to 0:45. Fascinating. Anyone else have links to any cool lava videos or perhaps interesting knowledge about this beyond what one might find in wikipedia?
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06-12-2012, 01:57 PM	#2
thod Core Member [163%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6,526	Lava. Yea lava is cool. Well not really cool, it's hot. Yea, hot in every sense. I like lava. Lava is orange and glowy. Lave is nerdy though. I don't want to be a nerd, but I like lava. So I must be a bit nerdy.
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06-14-2012, 07:48 AM	#3
mieu Core Member [183%] $/)^3^(\$ MBTI: xNTx Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 7,346	Lava is really cool, just the fact that it's molten rock, and makes up much of what is directly beneath our feet. I've seen videos of areas in Hawaii where lava flows obstructing traffic are not uncommon. If we were somehow able to reliably harness lava, we could create endless steam-based power...maybe we've already done this. Dunno~ EDIT: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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06-14-2012, 08:09 AM	#5
paleoeco Veteran Member [77%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,084	The most amazing thing about it to me is that it gives a sense of "realness" to temperatures that high. We hear about 5500 C and what not in terms of stellar temps and whatnot, but that's all very abstract. But molten rock at 1000 C? Yeah, it's not that hot by comparison, but when you realize that it's MELTED rock....that' HOT...and suddenly that 5500 C is brought into perspective.
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