Very cool

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I see a new art medium.

What is the lava made of? It looks glassy but what are the ingredients here.
There are so many types of rock - some would be easier to use than others.

Baking soda volcano AP

>> ^Sagemind:

I see a new art medium.
What is the lava made of? It looks glassy but what are the ingredients here.
There are so many types of rock - some would be easier to use than others.


Right at the beginning of the video (at the bottom) states they used 610 lbs of rock known as Dresser Trap rock. The same stuff that is on my driveway as we live right across the border from Dresser, Wisconsin where this stuff is mined. Interestingly NASA used dresser trap rock boulders to test the drills for the Moon missions because dresser rock is some of the hardest natural rock that can be found.

Three comments already, and I am the first to notice:

THE FLOOR IS LAVA...!

Video seems broken to me, I only see green artifacts...

>> ^hermannthegerman:

Three comments already, and I am the first to notice:
THE FLOOR IS LAVA...!


Oh my god, the lava is burning up the couch I've taken refuge on! Someone save me! Allah admiral ackbar!

What they're not showing you is the giant rock golem relieving himself into a metal trough.

Why doesn't the lava melt the ice more quickly?

>> ^rex84:

Why doesn't the lava melt the ice more quickly?


possibly the Leidenfrost effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect

..but in reverse mode

I keep expecting to hear the screams of some unfortunate student catching a piece of molten rock from a sudden large bubble...