In the 1997 disaster thriller "Volcano," Los Angeles Public Transit Chair Stan Olber finds himself carrying an injured passenger off a metro train …
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What Really Happens If You Fall Into Lava?
As morbid as the thought may be, it's a perfectly reasonable thing to wonder, like how long you could survive in space without a spacesuit or how the body would respond to the incredible pressure at the bottom of the ocean. Would you painfully disintegrate within mere seconds, like Stan Olber? Or would you be able to make it out with your life (and hopefully all your limbs) intact? The science behind the question involves some fascinating facts about geology and biology, so let's take a look.
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