What you can learn from a quick step on lava.

*** Do not try this! ***

*** This was done by a professional and only for demonstration purposes, to show how viscous the molten rock is ***

***Please consult with professional guides who are safety conscious if you are thinking about such a trip. Much of this new land is highly unstable and large chunks can fall into the ocean without warning, or you can be on top of an emptying lava tube and that can collapse. With the intense heat, sharp rocks and constantly changing lava flows, you can easily get trapped or hurt and thus should be careful and go with professional guides. ***

When the lava emerges from one of the vents at Kilauea, it comes out at 700 to 1,200 °C (1,292 to 2,192 °F), and begins to make its way to the path of least resistance.

This video shows how pressure applied to this dense material only causes a slight indentation. While this may not be surprising (it is liquid rock), I think that many people think of lava as more of a hot-watery-like substance. You would never fall into a lava lake the way you would a swimming pool, the molten rock is much more dense, so you would simply land on it, sink a little, and be burned.

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At certain locations, and only under proper guidance and safety procedures, you can visit some of the lava fronts. It is truly one of the most amazing things to witness.

[humourlessjester]

The mad man did it. He finally stepped on the floor despite it being lava. Hats off to you my dude.

[mikesmith]

"Don't try this at home...."

Ugh, time to put all the lava away.

[Stoirelius]

This was very dangerous. I hope the lava is ok.

[dragotized]

No scientific explanation, no sponsor, no intro, no outro, no "what would happen if they stood on it longer" explanation, just a video that gets straight to the point.
Videos like these are a diamond in the rough.

[vemone]

This guy can really tell everyone that he has stepped on live molten lava.

[m.e]

I think we can all agree that we have in fact learnt a huge lesson from this...




Lava is not cold

[supratimnag]

This act should be described as "A small step on lava, but a giant leap for Mankind"

[A._K.]

So lava is burning squishy pillow. Lesson learned, thank you.

[smoreswolf]

0:07 did somebody just say I wanna do it!?

[daddy]

I don’t know why but lava looks so delicious, absolutely scrumptious, a delectable treat

[creative_leafeonpony_fan]

The fact that it puffs back up like bread dough makes it look so, so edible.

[luvryu]

Am I the only one who found this satisfying?

[crimsoncomet]

Mad respect to this quick 10 secs/straight to the point video.

[fullmoonchild]

This guy literally just “did it” what thousands of people always wish to
*MAD RESPECT*

[sunnypa]

As most people say, the greatest videos are less than a minute.

[rockingamingwiththesahit]

It depends on the type of lava. This, I assume is basic lava, given that it’s flowing very slowly. However if it was acidic lava, if you went close to it, it would kill you before you could turn the camera on.

[harryh.r.]

For anyone wondering, this only happens with a very specific kind of Lava state that has a crost. If you do this with a lighter boot or with a lava in a muddy or sticky state, it may stick to your shoe and slow burn/cook your foot before you take it out. Also, nomally people die from gas before even making to the lava location...

[Anonym-yrqn]

"What you can learn from a quick step on lava"
Don't.

[swapnil]

The amount of learning from this 9 second video is profound and surreal.

[fierybird]

Bro drank his fire resistance potion 😂