What happens if you fall into a volcano?

What will happen if you unfortunately fall into the volcanic lava flow. Sure you will lose your life but how does that happen?

This question has been explored by many scientists. Because volcanic lava is extremely dense, the victim can float on the surface and not sink to the bottom.

When a person falls to the crater will not die like Gollum - the character in the Lord's story and film of the rings: Return of the king - in a way that sinks to the bottom, but a simple physical analysis for See you float on the surface.

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The organic matter that falls into the crater will be burned, forming a pillar of fire.

However, this does not help the victim escape the terrible death, because the temperature on the surface of molten rock lava is 4 times the temperature in the oven, so the victim will soon be burned to death.

But the victim can also sink under the gas when the body is burned.

In 2002, a volcanic researcher in Germany named Richard Roscoe returned to film a 30kg bag containing leftovers and organic substances falling into Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia. After falling, the bag sinks for a while before floating on the face. When burned, the bag made a lava column.

Indeed, if we are equipped with a special heat-resistant suit, we can walk at a distance on the surface of the boiling lava.

The lava column can be formed by steam escaping when the organic material is burned.