What happens when water is poured on lava?

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">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.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> 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.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>See more:</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong><a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بالصور-مٌجمع-أيجن-البُركاني-يجمعُ-بين-جمال-الطبيعة-ومُعاناة-العٌمال">In pictures: the Ajn volcanic complex combines the beauty of nature with the suffering of workers</a></strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/شاهد-ماذا-يحدث-عند-وضع-علبة-مشرب-الطاقة-في-الحمم-البركانية"><strong>Watch what happens when you put an energy drink can into lava</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بالصور-واحد-من-أجمل-براكين-الفيلبين"><strong>Pictures: One of the most beautiful volcanoes in the Philippines!</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>