Oh man, he's going to be so disspaointed when he gets home and it's all just rocks. It's like the time I bottled a piece of a cloud in Costa Rica and opened it up to just find a slightly damp bottle.
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Ive reported you to the costa rican authorities for theft of natural beauty you fucking scum
That's why you're supposed to get your hair braided into corn rows and a Puka shell necklace to remember your trip. Those last forever.
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Is that an OSHA approved hand over the face to keep from breathing the poisonous gas?
I'm kind of surprised it's not hot enough to boil off all the water in that little bucket pretty quickly, bit obviously it isn't.
I'm no lavatorial expert, but I'd guess the thermal conductivity of lava is relatively low. The high temp and high mass will keep it warm for a while, but water has a pretty high conductivity and capacity on its own. The agitation is distributing the heat too, well beyond the regular convection rate.
I would guess.
I'm not thinking that "lavatorial" is the correct word.
That conjures "lavatory", which is something different.
For the science, yeah, more than enough water to cool the lava.
That's just my experience. If someone does the math, I'll love them.
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Was gunna say, looks like he’s looting the lava more than doing a carefully controlled scientific procedure.
I really have no idea but my guess was the heat.
OSHA completely missed the large ripped hole in the suit by his thigh..
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He might just be shielding his face from the heat. That said, I saw a little plant that almost survived the lava flow, and it was much closer than he was, so idk.
Normally when I see geologists standing around lava they have masks on, so I'd assume he has one under whatever he's got on his face. Either that or maybe he was getting a couple quick scoops and wasn't going to be standing around long enough for a mask to make a huge difference.
Could also be oil instead of water. I know they use oil to cool off blacksmithing stuff.
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That's so weird. Why doesn't he just fill the bucket with lava? That way he can place a lava source block wherever he wants! Maybe set fire to his friends creations in the process.
Dude just want obsidian quick
Does this hurt the lava?
He ripped its skin away and it's bleeding all over the place, what the hell do you think?
He's so abrupt in his movements I was expecting some lava to splash back on his shoe.
I'm more worried about the structural integrity of that bucket after he slung molten lava on the side
The hottest lava gets about 200C lower than the melting point of what looks like stainless steel. And the water inside will actually wick that temperature from the outside into the water pretty effectively.
That's also why you can boil water in a paper cup by placing it over a flame. The water eats the eat like a hungry jiraffe.
Ooo, you can use a plastic bag, like the kind supermarkets still use, in place of a pot too! Granted, I wouldn't recommend it because god knows what plastics are leeching out of your makeshift pot and into the water, but if you need to boil water and all you have is a plastic bag, well, there you go!
Considering how plastic trash is literally everywhere now, a survival situation where you have a reasonably intact walmart bag but no pot is more likely than you'd think.
A vital detail you forgot to mention is that water can store an absurd amount of heat even before it boils, and when it starts boiling it stops getting warmer and instead simply takes boils faster and faster the more heat is applied.
It's honestly basically magic.
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OP this is not mildly interesting, it is fascinating.
He's cooling lava with an iron bucket of water.
Minecraft confirmed real.
You just have to right click the lava with the bucket, you dont need any special equipment
I would pay to be allowed to scoop some lava into a bucket. It looks so weird and I really want to poke it. How many people get to say they willingly got to handle lava!
I hiked out to the lava flows in Hawaii when you were still allowed to. It's pretty cool, but also super scary.
You have to hike for miles over fresh lava flow which creates one of the most difficult terrains imaginable. Imagine rippling hills made of cheese graters and razorblades. And the lava heats the air, so it's like 130°f. And you have to touch the ground constantly, if it's too hot to touch or your shoes are melting, or if you hear any cracking, it means you're likely in top of a lava tube that can crumble away from your weight dropping you into lava.
You have to sit through a 45 minute long safety video before they let you out there, which also explains that due to the heat and the drafts, helicopters can't get out there, so if you get into trouble, even just succumbing to heat stroke it twist an ankle bad enough that you can't walk, no one can help you. You need to bring a lot of water.
Lol why were people allowed out there at all
Adults should be able to do dangerous things at their own risk imo
Yeaaah I agree with you honestly. I just imagine Karen wandering in and falling into a volcano because she felt like she was entitled to look at the volcano lol
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Personally I would scoop the lava away from myself but I'm no volcanologist.
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He already has some stashed away in his pocket too!
I would be super scared that the surface I'm walking in could potentially be lava. Cool AF too watch though.
I misread it as Java first 😭
Developers want us to think these are the kinds of dangers they go through writing a program.
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Gosh he could smelt at least 100 items with that.
just grabbing it up like its a casserole
Warmth spread through Stanley's arms. With the bucket in his arms again, he was home.
I think this is more than just mildly interesting
Here we see a specialist performing cutting-edge research, pushing back the limits on collecting lava with ever-daintier little buckets. Experts predict that by 2035 the bucket may be carried on the pinkie and have a flower painted on it.
"When the boss gives you a bucket that is too small and you decide it is better to fill your pockets with lava instead of making another trip all the way up the volcano."
i feel there is an easier way to do this
Kinda looks like candy. Some sort of saltwater taffy. When I was a kid, there was a machine that stretched it, and it kinda looked like the lava chunks :)
Forbidden tomato sauce for his hot pocket later I'm sure.
Spicy rocks
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