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123: No Such Thing As A Molten Lava Football Pitch

2016-07-22 · 2 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. Lake NatronOne-offKenya

    There is a volcano called Gelai Volcano, which is near Lake Natron, which is in Tanzania, and their lava is made out of natrocarbonateite, and it has a different melting point to normal rock, which means it's a lot…

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  2. Syracuse UniversityOne-offUnited States

    A couple of years ago, they made lava by heating up rock. This was scientists at Syracuse University, and it took them 70 hours to heat rock and turn it into lava. Once they'd done it, they made the world's hottest…

    mentioned at 00:09:49 · See it on the map →

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