This Lab Makes LAVA Without a Volcano

[@kylehill]

*Thanks for watching,* and thanks to Syracuse University and Dr. Jeffrey Karson for letting me geek out with them!

[@coragin21]

I just can't take you seriously with that hat on.

[@missyummy1040]

Hey Mister Science Dude! What Would Happen If We Put All The Worlds Trash In A Volcano?!

[@lucankeyser2111]

Please make a real life nether portal with lava. That would be awesome. Ok, probably not realistic, but oh well.

[@bigguy7353]

Clever wordplay. Make magma without a volcano next.

[@seanthemighty]

Could you emulsify the iron and Baltic salt rock? Much like oil/water = mayonnaise? Theoretically that is, I doubt you could whisk it

[@JonTheBomb24]

I think the natural question we're all going to arrive at after seeing this is clear: How fast do you have to slap an ancient chunk of obsidian to revert it to its gooey lava form?

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Ok, this one got me laughing.

[@tiagopesce]

Using a raw chicken

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@tiagopesce Yes!

[@mitchellpatterson3323]

If you slapped is 84,000 times in an instant yoi would turn it into a liquid or just once at a speed of 7,750 kph

[@jeffersondavis5419]

My question is; if the heat would destroy the cameras and burn your skin, what Lowe's did they get that bucket from? I need one of those.

[@cbohnstedt4477]

Kyle: "I'm not a supervillain" Also Kyle: Has had learning how to make lava on his calendar for years

[@12000gp]

Not a supervillain yet

[@electralumen165]

He could just be a villain, a supervillain implies that he has superpowers

[@cbohnstedt4477]

@@electralumen165 I'm sorry, it appears you need to return to Villainy 101. Everyone knows that what really sets Supervillains above Villains is **P R E S E N T A T I O N**

[@electralumen165]

@@cbohnstedt4477 I went to the class but the villain who was teaching had a really thick Russian accent and the old word I understood was laser

[@unionxenon]

​@@electralumen165 Yeah, I was taking classes from this guy, I figured being a doctor gave him credibility but he just kept talking about lasers and sharks

[@bartman64]

The geoscientist in me wants to know if they ever try to cool it down slow enough to get minerals to precipitate in the lava. The dad in me worries about them running up the gas bill.

[@shigekax]

Adding crunchiness in your lava soup ?

[@Merennulli]

I'd love to know the answer too. To do that they would need to essentially sacrifice a crucible, keeping the molten rock in it and gradually ratcheting down the temperature before breaking it open, but given the processes they could learn about, I'm guessing that would be worth the cost of a crucible.

[@dantecoal7584]

I'm pretty sure they have the ultimate "DO NOT TOUCH" sign on their thermostat.

[@Real28]

They're way past running up the gas bill 🤣

[@madgeologist495]

I mean; depending on the H2O-content and the fO2 of the lava (we don't know the initial composition of the rocks after all) we might maybe get some fo-rich olivine, anorthite and/or Fe-Ti-Oxides at 1500°C given enough time. A thinsection of this stuff would be really interesting to see and may it be just for the flow structures.

[@JonnesTT]

"the most dangerous thing is water, so we make sure there is no water" "sometimes we pour lava over an apple" Aren't apples like... 85% water?

[@Mangaka-ml6xo]

Loved his story of pouring some lava down a raw chicken, I wonder if it was just some random ideas somebody had or if they had any real scientific intentions prior to the pouring.

[@blackdragonxtra]

He said it's the most dangerous thing, not that they hadn't done it.

[@Jammermaker]

I'm definitely going to need one of those Lowe's five gallon buckets

[@better.better]

@@Jammermaker I was thinking that too. It held up really well. I wonder if they thought about making an escape vehicles out of that plastic for Hawaiians

[@spvillano]

The apple isn't inside of the crucible either. Go check some of the foundry safety videos on this site. Just dropping a pop can that was just emptied into a crucible of molten aluminum generates a massive flash of steam that throws insane amounts of molten aluminum all around, endangering workers. Now, under extreme pressure, magma acts even more strangely, with water forming novel kinds of ice at extreme pressures and temperatures that'd boil iron briskly.

[@Raaxis97]

Kyle: “this is a lava bubble” Me: “forbidden Pringle”

[@pewpewdragon4483]

Kyle: "this is molten rock" Me: "forbidden cheese" (13:05)

[@Random_Nobody_Official]

@@pewpewdragon4483i had the same idea, and it was my comment, i did *NOT* copy.

[@cheuknamtai2385]

When I saw Kyle holding that piece of lava bubble, my first thought was “I bet thats REALLY crunchy”.

[@Nidht]

@@cheuknamtai2385 Yeah, like eating a Christmas ornament. Try it out!

[@kristynicole6201]

OMFG LMFAO 🤣🤣

[@DakodaOK]

I think the most interesting component of obsidian for me is that it's so thin, so sharp that it could theoretically be used to cut _between cells_ if it weren't so brittle.

[@aarepelaa1142]

I mean it's just black glass

[@HajileMalach]

@@aarepelaa1142 not at all

[@19billdong96]

Next livestream: I’ve “acquired” a lava generator for the facility because of… science

[@aloseman]

And it would be tax deductible.

[@Hotarg]

Step by step, its turning into a supervillain lair.

[@xaanvr5784]

You mean a generator that runs on lava?

[@davidnichol4735]

I don't think he can use that phrase without getting sued lol

[@fcnapes8440]

I got it from "don't worry about it"

[@dan1RR]

I actually feel like this video is "incomplete" without atleast knowing some parts of the art professor perspective on the experiment. I did love it, but after finishing left me wanting more, maybe a follow up?

[@AzureTheAvian]

It might have been that the art professor didn’t want to be interviewed.

[@doubtful_seer]

I wanted to see some of the art made with it

[@MinatheRaichu]

You see, it's an excuse to go back

[@AnimeWolf5193]

We all know he's taking notes so he can make his own back at the Facility.

[@Imurai]

He's already determined back in the void that building a base in an active volcano is a silly idea. But a little lava can always come handy...

[@bettertelevision968]

@@Imurai to fireproof the evidence xD

[@matthewlofton8465]

Lava, cats, cloning. I know what you're doing next summer, Dr. Hill. Admit it, you are looking to create a flaming cat with 14 lives...the Catorche ("catorce" is spanish for "fourteen"). It won't work, however. Disney has already confirmed that the Human Torch is not a cat person, and unfortunately for secretly-not-supervillains such as yourself (hypothetically speaking, of course) they've already got someone in mind for the role.

[@sdfkjgh]

@@matthewlofton8465: Catorche, I choose you! **Catorche uses Kitten Pounce. Since it's literally a cat made of lava, it's super effective. The entire gym is now on fire.**

[@SarcasmoRex]

Hey, he's gotta keep working towards that Basilisk.

[@talideon]

Science Thor: "I've never been near anything this hot" Robot Wife: *narrows light receptors*

[@jamesostendorf1518]

Arya knows that he doesn't mean it

[@cubeduncertainty9401]

[Scientific Joke level increased]

[@flakeyjunk2410]

"Why is the Earth's core all iron?" "Oh."

[@erinkarp6317]

:O You just blew my mind

[@dantecoal7584]

That... is a very good observation. I feel dumb now.

[@James-mq5zh]

Oh... now it makes sense

[@Dragrath1]

the thing that really surprised me was the viscosity I has expected it to be much more viscous like lava just far denser but nope is just seriously flowed like a river wow I guess that explains how it can generate a magnetosphere.

[@Vivi-yw1eu]

@@Dragrath1 well, water is more dense and less viscous than oil if you think about it

[@AnasatisTiMiniatis]

Kyle, seeing your excitement for science is something special. What takes it to another level, is that you take us with you on your journey of excitement and discovery. I really enjoy what you do, and I hope you do too.

[@radioanon4535]

Congrats on getting picked

[@jeanzerwas9704]

this!! it reminds me of the excitement Adam Savage brings to the table, its refreshing!! thank you kyle!

[@luapark3068]

Ngl I figured they'd be doing this indoors in a controlled environment where no madlad can just, yknow, drink the forbidden soup, but no.

[@JazzyFizzleDrummers]

I think it might give them an elephant's foot type building feature

[@supreme_leader_of_the_internet]

"drink the forbidden soup"

[@danieljensen2626]

I imagine they have a fence or something around the outside area.

[@Kartoffelkamm]

@asdrubale bisanzio Yeah, but what if they go in the winter, or at night? Or maybe bring a jacket they put in the fridge beforehand.

[@marcos11vinicius16]

@asdrubale bisanzio you can put it in a thermos and it won't burn your hand

[@nitrous-heart7584]

As a glass blower, the stone bubbles are absolutely beautiful. I kept having to rewind the video to watch the lava flow. It reminds me of glass so much

[@blakewalsh9489]

Reads video title: There goes Kyle not being a supervillian again.

[@stefansneden1957]

Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along.

[@tleilaxu42]

He is absolutely not making a lava cave for housing venemous bats.

[@stefansneden1957]

@@tleilaxu42 shhh he'll send the nanotechnology infused monkeys

[@10Neon]

Soon: How to Make a VOLCANO

[@wildbill9863]

Kyle: Consistently acts like super villain Also kyle: simps for vaccine Conspiracy theorists: ah yes of course

[@thegooddinggleberry]

Mother nature: "see what they have to do to mimic a fraction of my power!"

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Silly nuclear plants, take this! Ha ha...

[@Bleepbleepblorbus]

"Technology may outcompete nature in every category but in the end nature wins" - probably someone before me

[@canisretro]

I love how casual this one felt. Like we were all exploring this super cool project together.

[@sandroserrano9186]

You mean super hot project, right?

[@tdb4830]

I love how he spoke like "not dying" itself wasn't as important as how "not worrying about dying" let's you focus better. That's a man who really loves learning.

[@ryane5618]

“Bet this is something you’ve never seen before, a bubble made of molten rock.” Ah yes… G L A S S

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

You make a good point

[@katakimikusan]

But glass is molten sand (but I guess sand is just crumbled up rocks)🤔🤗😁👍

[@jackb.207]

It's basically glass but from obsidian

[@catvamp100]

@@jackb.207 glass rock*

[@mikelastname]

@@jackb.207 Next update for Minecraft I wanna see Obsidian Glass

[@randywa]

These titles feel so random sometimes. Like you’re just scrolling through yt and you see “how to make lava without a volcano”- love it. Also the stone bubble looks like a chip and I wanna eat it

[@JohnyScissors]

See that's just good titling. It's accurate and describes what the video is while getting your attention

[@mister_muffin3625]

The forbidden lays chip

[@41tinman41]

Lava: the forbidden nacho cheese.

[@chilled_legumes]

I can imagine eating an obsidian lava chip would probably be like eating a fiberglass chip, except a whole lot worse

[@GVGINU]

That would likely be the last "chip" you ever eat.

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

I absolutely love how excited Kyle gets about this kind of in person learning, it’s inspiring

[@cadenollar2408]

Perfect video to ask the question "Is lava wet?" on.

[@AxxLAfriku]

GAGAGAGAGAGAGA this is wonderful! PRANK! IT is terrible! I looked in the mirror and saw something UNPRETTY: my face. GAGAGAGAG! But I am happy agayn because I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS and I make cool YT v*deos with them! Good evening, love and peace, dear ca

[@wreath626]

Id drink it

[@juliuspavilovskis4862]

Can I wash my dishes in lava?

[@leatherturtle8373]

No, it does not absorb water, and it evaporates any water that gets on it.

[@RedLogicYT]

It's kinda like asking if molten rock syrup is hot. Its more viscous than anything.

[@zainiikhwan9405]

Some volcano elsewhere: "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power" What a genuine way to study about lava in a controlled and safer environment.

[@jonathanthacker3791]

Wish we coulda seen some of the art they were making. I recognize this is a science channel, but considering it was a dual project by an artist and scientist it would have been neat to see at least a little bit of what they did with it on the art side.

[@ApexZer0]

USA experiencing the hottest summer ever Kyle: I'm gonna go play with lava

[@GapWim]

15:13 _”You can focus on what’s going on right in front of you instead of worrying about dying”_ Take note Kyle. Maybe this can improve Kevin’s performance.

[@eurogryphon]

20:00 Right in the center of that pour you can see a line of bubbles forming in the same spot over several seconds. That's a similar effect to how island strings are formed in the ocean, just with different mechanics involved.

[@carsoncourogen76]

Kyle sneaking around like he's boutta steal some lava

[@MrRedeyedJedi]

A lot of people on KZbin have already made lava on small scales and lots of interesting experiments with it, but it is always interesting to watch of this scale

[@trevorx7872]

'artist, and scientist, and geophysicist" shots fired

[@Sk8rToon]

Without that suit, what are you?

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

Don't think it was intended that way, just that their role is so important in this that it'd be criminal to categorize them with every other scientist

[@lordfelidae4505]

Not at all.

[@Reddotzebra]

We actually use artificial obsidian knives for a few things in medicine, mostly eye surgery actually. The reason for this is that they can cut through tissue without causing much damage aside from the actual cut and that they go dull really, really quickly. So it's best to use these for things that don't require you to cut through very much tissue, but benefit from the cuts being extremely fine.

[@DukeNukem2417]

Calling it now: Kyle's house will have a lava moat. If it doesn't already, at least.

[@scaper8]

It probably does. The whole point of this exercise was that he's just tired of having the lava shipped to him to replenish it. So he's been looking into ways to top off the moat from home.

[@nex4613]

Probably two. One for each girlfriend.

[@littlekingofthebirds]

The lava first coming out is glowing so hot it looks as unreal as vanta black does against any surface.

[@aveleziii]

Upon witnessing man made lava in person, one of the most clever science presenters in our time was reduced to Owen Wilson

[@MrChampionchimp]

I'd say 'morphed into' than reduced because Owen Wilson is awesome ;)

[@aveleziii]

@@MrChampionchimp i'd never really disparage anyone who can build a career/wealth off of a single exclamation

[@marco.mendonca]

I did a lot of Owen Wilson's in this video

[@sirbrundle307]

Cant wait for a desktopsized 3d lavaprinter for personal use :)

[@acetrainerwinter9926]

"In Syracuse we control every step of the lava. Home-grown, natural, organic hearty lava"

[@SpydersByte]

20:30 I like the little row of bubbles on the right

[@ghost-facedhindu4275]

Kyle: "How to make lava without a volcano." Me: "Microwave Mac and Cheese for 15 minutes?"

[@bobthegamingtaco6073]

A common misconception, see, microwaved cheese can become lava, but when you add noodles it becomes Mac-ma

[@donkeyhobo34]

I love you

[@KarryKarryKarry]

Or just put some grapes in there and make plasma. But only if you want to burn down your kitchen.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

You could also add a minute and a half to the recommended time for a Hot Pocket.

[@MK-tt5xy]

Dr. Karson: WRITE THAT DOWN

[@Tjita1]

We did a thermo chock test on a new material at work once. Open the furnace at 1200°C, take the piece out and place it in room temperature air. Despite wearing proper PPE, I didn't have a hair on my arms up to my elbows afterwards. And 1200 degrees C is cold compared to what we normally do.

[@jakobrosenqvist4691]

Allowing a totally not a supervillan in to a place that makes lava could never end badly in any way.

[@lonewulf0328]

What amazes me most about this is how quickly that viscosity can shift from one moment to the next. On that last pour, there are some points where it flows like hot syrup, or even almost water, as it is moving over the other very hot hardening lava, which insulates it from releasing its heat too quickly, maintaining the fluidity even further. Then, as soon as it reaches a surface that is cooler, it is immediately noticeable how it thickens and slows.

[@yunonasumi7982]

Kyle: Breaks obsidian with his bare hands. Minecraft Players: Impossible!

[@sirkilium8549]

Dream be like:

[@AltonV]

You can, but it will take a lot of time and wont yield you any obsidian

[@nonec384]

there a diference than a milimiter of obsidian and a 1 cubic meter or obsidian 😡

[@deckwolf3442]

It would take 7 minutes to break obsidian with the players hands.

[@QuantumAscension1]

Nay! Unpossible!

[@mattmincey5042]

Hearing Kyle get excited to see lava flowing like this .......makes laugh just a little.... Like he is like a little kid with his reaction

[@SpacemanXC]

20:45 Lava is so metal that it can bleed metal. Brutal.

[@raarsnafu]

I appreciate how you were able to redirect your misophonia reaction by explaining why they had to put down the heavy noise making metal. You were telling yourself as much as you were telling us. Thank you for your scientific enthusiasm, its contagious.

[@akromakroma]

Ah yes, lava, the spicy of the Earth

[@RowieSundog]

This is so beautiful it has me crying, the artists and scientists creating this together to study it and make things never seen before I love it

[@zealotguy]

Kyle: "these bubbles can tell us so much about how lava works" Me: "mmmmmm _crumnchy_ "

[@TheUfaraV2]

The forbidden crunch.

[@_moondire_7771]

Ayo why my mouth on fire

[@pixelator5312]

video game antagonists: "I'll take your entire stock"

[@zebsanny47]

Could this be the start of a new reoccurring subseries about unique scientific endeavors? I for one would like to see more.

[@mentalhaze4226]

This was absolutely amazing Kyle!!! This blew my mind right off my head meat! I've been so fascinated by volcanoes and lava since I was a young junior researcher. This was a great video and info dump. Breathtakingly beautiful

[@williama2349]

This is crazy. Kyle filmed this about a half an hour from where I live. I never knew this existed though.

[@XenosvonFaneli]

I love seeing you use your youtuber influence to bring attention to scientist's and their amazing work

[@Yora21]

With the volcano on Iceland expected to continue erupting like this for at least a couple more years, we should get Kyle to make a video from the real lava flow.

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

Seeing the iron flow under the lava was amazing. I never would have expected that!

[@567secret]

11:04 missed opportunity for a Sokka space-sword reference.

[@TheRukisama]

I'd also love to see someone make (or try to make) a stone tool from the lava produced, preferably someone with experience with flint-knapping natural stone. I think it might teach us a lot about how our ancestors chose and worked what they used to make humanity's earliest tools.

[@cristianbenites4521]

I'm starting the Geology career, and this is beautiful. Volcanoes are the best

[@Jobobn1998]

Oof. Given that Kyle has some audio processing challenges, those metal-on-metal sounds must've been hell. Also, that lava looked suuuuper orange, which was damned cool to see the blackbody radiation that much in action!

[@pablodavidclavijo4609]

Previous video: what's an information hazard? Today: hey champ want to make lava?

[@rafaelbrisolara7599]

It's not like you can do it at home anyway...

[@nachoghost]

@@rafaelbrisolara7599 With enough determination and money you can

[@rafaelbrisolara7599]

@@nachoghost I don't think you would need just money to do something like that at home 😆

[@AnErrantPhoton]

@@rafaelbrisolara7599 You can melt rock at home on a much smaller scale with some propane, a crucible, and a vessel to contain the burning gas.

[@Bluedragon2513]

11:36 "But it does" is the greatest and most resonant thing I've heard today. It reminded me of something like "Nhưng mà có" in Vietnamese

[@opalcolon4902]

The moment when Kyle goes full toddler in amazement

[@SabbaticusRex]

I couldn't quite put my finger on what bothers me so much about nerdy bubbly people who gush over everything like excited schoolgirls but you sort of nailed it -- they behave like grown toddlers and my mind recoils from them on a base and animalistic level . It is really unnerving and instinctively makes me want to be as far away from them as possible . There also seems to be a whole hell of alot of them these days . Arrested development ? Universities and Corporate environments running like daycares ? Overton window of what is acceptable for adults to enjoy such as anime , cosplay , comic book movies etc being normalized for so long ? All of the above ? ..who can we blame for this epidemic of weak and stunted adults ?

[@pisscvre69]

i love to see people get excited like that, just appreciating the things in life that make them happy on a level hard to find in daily life

[@jimmycraig221]

super cool! im very glad he did the 'all out' pour, at the end. i couldnt stop watching even to blink. crazy.

[@Maizzy42]

This was SO FREAKING COOL. I'm on the artist side of the world and omg, I wish I could've had a class with that guy

[@donkeyhobo34]

I love you

[@NeoLithiumCat]

Can you explain where the art side comes in? I know it's there but I'm having a really hard time figuring out specifically how it works!

[@Maizzy42]

@@NeoLithiumCat oh I don't know specifically what this guy does for his art, but the possibility of custom pouring obsidian is sooooo cooooool. I'd love to experiment with the shapes of ripples that could be made with different pouring speeds and placements, and with how the chunks of it could crack to make different silhouettes. God if he could make a solid steel like, cookie cutter to pour it into so you had a lava flow that ended in a perfect diamond point or something that'd be so cool. Oooo or you could make different little structures that could be thick enough to not totally melt and make the lava flow around/over them to make crazy sculptures. Or maybe like, use variable thicknesses of metal for that frame idea or those structures so it'd melt and warp in some places and you could see the lines of the metal as it was stretch and liquified like a Dali painting hah. Heck if you used a small enough amount of the lava, you could probably shatter it off of the metal after everything was all cooled and be left with a twisted metal sculpture that's totally organically shaped by however the lava flowed around it. I did not mean to ramble so much, but man, I got myself all excited thinking about the possibilities! Haha 😅

[@osotanuki3359]

19:57 that one bubble spot making a beautifully consistent line of bubbles reminds me of the hotspot under the hawaiian island chain

[@parkerkrakowiak2990]

If they were doing this underground, would they be making magma?

[@ianh1504]

I think its magma while its in the furnace

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

@@ianh1504 So once it begins to cool it becomes lava? Hm, interesting theory. I think the term "magma" is exclusive to the high-pressure environment beneath the Earth's crust, it behaves differently there. But I dont actually know that for sure

[@ianh1504]

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 lava is just magma thats reached the surface through a vent and in this case that vent is the furnace door

[@robinsonrom]

The cooled lava around 21:45 looks like something straight out of a Dali painting. Thanks for showing us this stuff!

[@jeffknott3217]

We want more "outside the facility" videos like this one.... awesome video!

[@andrewhayden2477]

Many years before this project ever started, I was an art student at Syracuse University and took many classes in that building. Thank you for covering this. Any chance you could create a video about the art side of the project?

[@SirWussiePants]

I hope that while you were at S.U. you got a chance to chat with Peter Saulson who was involved in Gravitational Wave research. I took classes from him and he is a great guy too.

[@prestonbyrd8443]

Having manually operated a crucible for a pour in much the same way, I can say for certain that those guys have some serious skill.

[@asociacionBNO]

Kyle: this is a lava bubble. Me: Mmmmh forbidden caramel

[@ZonaAsier]

On this episode of things I didn’t realize would be so satisfying to watch, pouring and flowing lava.

[@bigjoseph1876]

I’m getting put on a list for this

[@Sydpart2]

Really enjoyed this one man. Hope you can do some more trip/interview vids like this one again

[@obotowski]

Absolutely beautiful science, lovely dirty glass. I would love to know just how heavy that lava was, seems like the melted rock would be massive. Does melting a rock make it more dense?

[@danieljensen2626]

Probably slightly less dense, most solids are more dense than their liquid form (water/ice is one of the only exceptions IIRC). But yeah, roughly as heavy as a rock the same size.

[@obotowski]

@@danieljensen2626 ayooo thanks Daniel

[@zombiedog1088]

I live right near Syracuse. Been there hundreds of times, and I had no idea that lava was being made at S.U. this whole time!! So cool.

[@FiveJungYetNoSmite]

the titanium ring has a melting point of 1,668 °C, by the way.

[@voshadxgathic]

Pretty sure Titanium was just a random element thrown out there. More likely it's just a Gold ring, but magically reinforced by its enchantment.

[@satanicrazgo616]

@@voshadxgathic then we just need the melting point of the enchantment

[@ikitclaw7146]

@@voshadxgathic and can only be unmade in the fires of mount doom, so no this would not destroy the one ring.

[@SamIAm10262]

The speed of the flow somewhat shocked me, even though I've seen videos of it in nature... It just hit differently watching it on the sand.

[@TheCaller20]

Does re-melting the ancient lava cause any more oxidation to occur to the rock? Can obsidian reduce anything?

[@HanSwanson]

I would have loved to see Kyle asking some questions of the students that were involved. For kids that love lava it would be important to see what students that are studying lava are interested in.

[@dr.bright1342]

0:28 Kyle is a spy for the Facility.

[@tefoca]

When he talked about the danger of lava hitting water and the explosion it might cause reminded me of Chernobyl, when the reactor core lava penetrated the concrete and almost hit the water gathered underground.

[@ajgonzalez5109]

I wonder if it's possible to make an obsidian Rupert's drop....

[@AmaroqStarwind]

And maybe some obsidian fiberglass~?

[@Appletank8]

probably too hot, would make the water flashboil into steam

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

@@Appletank8 I dont think its an issue of flash-boiling as much as that whole insulation thing he was talking about with trying to cook the chicken. The outside would cool so much faster than the inside that it wouldnt form the drop properly. Now the question is, what if it were a bathtub full of liquid helium?

[@AlexHaglund618]

The pour with the iron at the end of it was honestly one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

[@Hurricayne92]

Perfect chance for a Will Smith “that’s hot” reference just wasted 😂

[@0m3GAARS3NAL]

I love how the indoor bucket looks like it's edited in because the heat around it is so intense that it causes that mirage effect around it at all times.

[@Talia_Arts]

I would love to see more of the art side, this is such a cool thing

[@CircleThinker]

I love the juxtaposition of voiceover-Kyle doing srs science narration and in-person-Kyle going "Woww!!"

[@captaincrypto8960]

Now the question I have is, “can you forge a sword by dipping it in lava to heat it?”

[@MrDarkanLTU]

the first time they poured i thought what if there was a mold of a sword xD

[@SP_33333]

Ancient Azteca might know.

[@zacharysova9398]

This is crazy!! I am a student at Syracuse University. As a long time fan of your channel (and other previous content you’ve made) it is wild to see footage of my alma mater on your channel!! I can’t believe it

[@iitzfizz]

I visited a live volcano in the Canary Island and I had steak literally cooked on a grill over the top of the volcano. Insane. Was good too.

[@Xylophytae]

"forevering/forevered" absolutely should be a technical term

[@tatuvarvemaa5314]

10:36 It kinda looks like mudcake thats been half eaten and has solidified in the fridge. I wonder if the texture of the lava when its flowing is comparable to molten chocolate.

[@nicholasplazio8901]

Hi fren

[@Skye-Cabbit]

This is incredible!! Heck, thank you for this spotlight on the studies going on at Syracuse! Lava is so cool

[@sternis1]

So, this is the place were you can say "The floor is lava" and actually be correct? XD

[@BR00T_CH]

I love how during his explanation and description of the lava you can still hear his in the background saying WOOOOOOW!

[@RedactedcommentMan]

There is a KZbin video of a dude making his own lava so he could make an obsidian sword.

[@sum_rye_hash_321]

Hey Kyle, love the show. I have to mention that these are not the only people doing this. I work for a mineral fiber insulation factory, we melt over 300, 000kgs of rock every 24 hrs. It is also basaltic rocks, I have worked in the furnace department and it is indeed very very hot. We have to drain iron from the furnace every 12 hours, and the intervals get shorter as the iron builds up in the furnace. Its an amazing thing to see and be so close to, I'm glad you had a good time. Even after years of working with it every day it never gets mundane, hopefully you got some nice obsidian souvenirs and a chunk of iron or two to keep. PS I cant wait to see your visit to Chernobyl, that's some lava you don't want to be close to lol