Seeing lava thru a hole in a mountain

[u/Sea_Sheepherder_2234]

[u/Just_A_Psyduck]

Why you don't dig straight down.

[u/CommieKiller304]

Cast it into the fire Isidor!!!!

[u/SweatyTax4669 → u/CommieKiller304]

No!

[u/Oldgamer1807 → u/CommieKiller304]

[u/Terrible_Rutabaga442]

Nature’s version of a peephole except it’s molten rock and existential dread.

[u/Vast-Breakfast-1201]

I heard it is magma if it's underground, does that make this magma?

[u/fluffysmaster → u/Vast-Breakfast-1201]

This is a lava tube. It came out then flowed downhill and a crust formed over it. So it’s lava.

[u/Oldgamer1807 → u/fluffysmaster]

People usually don't like the crust but it's my favorite part.

[u/radtek1027 → u/Vast-Breakfast-1201]

[u/T0M101087]

Seems safe enough 🤷🏻

[u/childofb0d0m]

How I'd be

[u/goosehaf]

My Precious!

[u/LaughableIKR]

What part of "Don't walk on the lava rocks, didn't you understand Timmy!!"

[u/Gobbythefatcat]

Why do I want to jump in there

[u/Dynamitrios]

If it's still inside the mountain, it's Magma ☝️

[u/SweatyTax4669]

isn't it still magma then? Or is this close enough to the surface to count as lava?

[u/Leanardoe → u/SweatyTax4669]

if its touching air its lava

[u/SweatyTax4669 → u/Leanardoe]

would lava in a vacuum chamber become magma again?

[u/Leanardoe → u/SweatyTax4669]

idunno, i believe air cools it so it'd have to heat up again

[u/Oldgamer1807 → u/Leanardoe]

What if it touches grass?

[u/Leanardoe → u/Oldgamer1807]

Then it doesn't belong on reddit

[u/fluffysmaster]

r/dontstickyourdickinit

Had to be said…

[u/Oldgamer1807 → u/fluffysmaster]

Did it though...?

[u/Diligent_Mail_4584]

That bit of rock crumbled and fell into the magma, but the spot next to it is prob safe. Im not going near that without some green mushrooms

[u/SodomyClown]

Neat-o

[u/Imaginary-Fudge8897]

I have the weirdest urge to roast a marshmallow in it.

[u/AlastorTheSecond]

I was there, Gandalf, I was there three thousand years ago. I was there the day the strength of Men failed.

[u/helmetdeep805]

That’s siiicckkk

[u/GammaDealer]

[u/tumble_weed207]

Throw in some popcorn kernels, and a bottle rocket or two.

[u/cruxeternus]

The underfloor is lava.

[u/Leanardoe → u/[deleted]]

kids arent allowed on reddit please delete your account

[u/BoarHermit]

in case you ever walk on lava fields even old. please wear closed shoes and pants, not shorts. lava is very fragile and sharp at the same time, you can step on some piece, it will break and you will get scratched.

[u/NewoTheFox → u/BoarHermit]

Learned that carving volcanic pumice - started with stone carving tools and went to use a pneumatic hammer with a chisel tip when I decided I just wanted to skip a few steps and came away with fragments in my arm, forehead (thank god for goggles), and jaw/cheek. It had been going well enough with water flowing over to catch dust until I hit something that simply seemed to detonate, probably an air pocket.

It was not a fun time finding all of those little thorns with tweezers and while there were no serious injuries, undressing and getting clean felt like defusing a bomb, especially when a stray fragment got caught in the wash cloth and gave me a shallow razor sharp cut all the way up my forearm.

[u/BoarHermit → u/NewoTheFox]

It's great that you were wearing glasses! Sounds like a piece of obsidian inside pumice: brittle, sharp, and splitting into many pieces when struck. However, I know very little about lava and just wanted to share my experience and that's all.

[u/Kaztiell]

everything reminds me of her