Daredevil video shows you what happens when you step on lava. The result will shock you!

It's time for some science!

This fascinating video shares footage of a couple of daredevils who hiked up the Kilauea Volcano in the Hawaiian Islands and stepped on lava. That's right. They stepped on molten lava!

"When the lava emerges from one of the vents at Kilauea, it comes out at 700 to 1,200 °C (1,292 to 2,192 °F), and begins to make its way to the path of least resistance.  

This video shows how pressure applied to this dense material only causes a slight indentation. While this may not be surprising (it is liquid rock), I think that many people think of lava as more of a hot-watery-like substance. You would never fall into a lava lake the way you would a swimming pool, the molten rock is much more dense, so you would simply land on it, sink a little, and be burned."

I know that lava is not as fluid a liquid as water, duh, but it is still amazing to see someone freely step on it! If you had the opportunity to do this, would you take it? Take a look at the video clip below!



Source: YouTube - Alex Rivest