Climb into the crater of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and you’ll find this massive lake of fire.
In stumbling around the Internet today, I came across this slightly amusing, yet slightly terrifying video from Richard Hammond’s Journey to the Center of the Planet, which aired on the BBC last fall. In it, Hammond shows the lengths that volcanologists will go to collect a sample of lava from this unique lake.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, one of our favorite scientists on FORA.tv, humorously explains that it’s volcanoes like Mount Nyiragongo and other destructive features on Earth that actually make our planet a miserable place for human existence.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Earth Is Bad for Life from on FORA.tv
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