Weird Places: The Lava Lake in Antarctica
What could be cooler than a permanent lava lake surrounded by snow!? The Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory: http://erebus.nmt.edu/ Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming...
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Earth is covered in lakes. Mostly these are cool, watery affairs full of life and great for a relaxing vacation. Lava lakes are a little less serene: they’re scorching, seething pools of molten rock. They’re also pretty rare, outside of MineCraft permanent lava lakes only exist in a few places around the globe. One of the strangest lava lakes is atop Mount Erebus, on the frozen continent of Antarctica. Probably the weirdest thing about this lake is that it’s constantly releasing gas, and the composition of that gas changes on a roughly ten-minute cycle. Erebus was a Greek god, the son of Chaos which is kinda fitting for a place made of ice and fire. Mount Erebus is the tallest peak on Ross Island, which lies close to the Antarctic mainland and i...
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Earth is covered in lakes. Mostly these are cool, watery affairs full of life and great for a relaxing vacation. Lava lakes are a little less serene: they’re scorching, seething pools of molten rock. They’re also pretty rare, outside of MineCraft permanent lava lakes only exist in a few places around the globe. One of the strangest lava lakes is atop Mount Erebus, on the frozen continent of Antarctica. Probably the weirdest thing about this lake is that it’s constantly releasing gas, and the composition of that gas changes on a roughly ten-minute cycle. Erebus was a Greek god, the son of Chaos which is kinda fitting for a place made of ice and fire. Mount Erebus is the tallest peak on Ross Island, which lies close to the Antarctic mainland and i...
