Volcano on Fire Preview
Preview: Season 45 Episode 10 | 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Climb into the crater of Nyiragongo, a seething and active African volcano.
Climb with volcano experts to the summit of Nyiragongo, a highly active volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Twice in recent memory it has erupted, devastating Goma, a neighboring city of 1 million people. To investigate when it might erupt next, scientists climb into its crater toward a bubbling lava lake to deploy sensors and monitor the volcano’s activity.
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Volcano on Fire Preview
Preview: Season 45 Episode 10 | 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Climb with volcano experts to the summit of Nyiragongo, a highly active volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Twice in recent memory it has erupted, devastating Goma, a neighboring city of 1 million people. To investigate when it might erupt next, scientists climb into its crater toward a bubbling lava lake to deploy sensors and monitor the volcano’s activity.
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Volcanic Rock Helps Predict Speed of Future Lava Flow
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If a volcano’s lava is low in silica, the lava will move more quickly during an eruption. (1m 33s)
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