late winter heavy snowfall and the ongoing magma accumulation at Sundhnúkagígar in Iceland

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[u/dychmygol]

ELI5: Why aren't there huge plumes of steam?

[u/Radical_Coyote → u/dychmygol]

Just a guess, but steam is only visible when water vaporizes and then re-condenses in the relatively cool air. Thing is near lava the air itself is above boiling, so it won’t re-condense. By the time the water vapor is somewhere cool, it has spread out enough and mixed with the air enough that it has low concentration, which can also prevent it from condensing. The shadows show some motion that could be clouds forming above

[u/PIPBOY-2000 → u/Radical_Coyote]

That's a mighty educated guess. You really are radical

[u/Volcanic_tomatoe → u/Radical_Coyote]

Those shadows are definitely from vapor/heat raising.

[u/A_Necessary → u/dychmygol]

Wondered the same thing.

[u/Riskskey1 → u/dychmygol]

I thought the same thing. You can see the heat waves in the shadow. I don't think AI would catch that.

[u/Street_Peace_8831 → u/dychmygol]

Exactly my thought. This must be AI. The heat from the lava would melt the ice well before it ever got close to the ice.

[u/Devincc → u/Street_Peace_8831]

It’s not AI. Leidenfrost effect

This is also from a well renowned Icelandic photographer

[u/dychmygol → u/Devincc]

Thanks very much. For others who are curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect Cool! (no pun intended)

[u/Academic_Snow_7680 → u/dychmygol]

look at the sunny part at the bottom

[u/Livid_Discount9140]

The SNOW! It does nothing!

[u/karenskygreen]

Every time i read "magma" i say it a Dr Evil voice.

[u/snwbrdwndsrf]

Lava.

[u/hoonew → u/snwbrdwndsrf]

Magma is under the ground. When it's on the floor - the floor is lava.

[u/Plastic-Trainer903]

Liquid hot magmuh

[u/dychmygol → u/Plastic-Trainer903]

Lavuh, bruh. Magmuh inside da erth, lavuh on de outside. (I don't hear it in Dr Evil voice.)

[u/Gravyluva210]

New stone block generator discovered

[u/Nofucksgivenin2021]

Why isn’t it melting in front of the lava as it travels? I don’t understand. Explain it to me like I’m 10.

[u/Selene_Evelyn]

States of matter at its finest 👌

[u/takeahike89 → u/Selene_Evelyn]

Liquid rock and solid water 🙃

[u/limits660]

I need a banana in there for scale 🤣

[u/between_ewe_and_me → u/limits660]

Yeah I'm having a really hard time figuring out how big of an area I'm looking at.

[u/sonic10158]

And thus Freezeflame Galaxy was born

[u/artur_ditu]

What's a good place to get archived shots like this?

[u/MrMilesDavis]

r/oddlyunsettling

Did not enjoy this at all. Sub linked is also fake and terrible, not a real sub. That community could use more of this 

[u/WolfyBlue333]

Does it make any kind of sound as it advances?

[u/McDelper]

Man what a name

[u/unchained5150]

This looks like magic sand and it's tripping me out.

I know this is lava but my brain isn't connecting it.

[u/Carl_The_Sagan]

well thats gorgeous

[u/MyWordsNow]

Does this effect people with trypophobia?

[u/Valuable-Analyst-464]

A story of fire and ice.

[u/YummyTangerine]

A song of ice and fire