Garbage Disposal in a Volcano - Neatorama

[YouTube Clip by Richard Roscoe of Photovolcanica]

Campers in Ethopia threw a bag of garbage into a volcanic crater to see what would happen. The bag broke through the thin crust covering a pool of magma and allowed the lava to spew out. And, of course, the garbage was incinerated. No word on whether they were fined for littering. -via reddit

Video clip fixed - official video is now provided by Dr. Richard Roscoe of Photovolcania.

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Looks like the video itself burned up. It's spreading!

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Actually, this is something Hollywood FX specialists should pay attention to. When Gollum landed in the lava, for example, the effect would be pretty similar: >30kg of organic matter, violent reaction as the water vaporises - a very painful but quick death I would suspect.

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Good thing that wasn't in Hawaii. Would have pissed-off Madame Pele. Big time.

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Yeah, garbage in the lava and burning and stuff and...wait, did someone mention creme brulee? Mmmm, crunchy sugary goodness...

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This is probably why Pompeii was buried, some dickbag threw a bag of used animal-bladder condoms into their volcano.

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@Ratz - I think the resulting eruption was due to the surface being broken. Kind of like creme brûlée. You break the crust in that and the cream starts to come up.

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Don't anger the volcano.

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ChrisfromFrance,

Recycling: I do not hink it means what you think it means.

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Um, ChrisfromFrance, destroying is not recycling.

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I think we have a solution for our world garbage problems.

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Holy cow, I'd no idea it would be that vigorous. It would be kinda embarrassing to destroy a whole town just because you threw two bags of garbage in.

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Insane! Recycling is finally cool ;)

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