What happens when water is poured on lava?

ArabiaWeather.com - The video above shows a group of researchers dumping a gallon full of water into a lava-filled lake. With the aim of studying the effect of water on the lava in that lake.

The researchers carried out their experiment in a volcanic lake near the Mount Nyiragongo volcano within Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They sealed a gallon of water inside the lava; The result is the eruption of lava and a significant increase in its activity.

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