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[-] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

I’m pretty sure you’d lose more than just your arm if you were close enough to lava to “plunge” any sort of member into it.

Lava is typically 1300 F/700 C. Just exposure to the heated air around it would instantly burn you all over

[-] pillars_in_the_trees@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

You can actually walk on some lava (with boots.)

[-] Gerbler@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Imagine slipping

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 17 points 1 year ago

Nah I've been a few feet from flowing lava. It's really really hot, but not like, instant death hot.

[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

A few feet, eh? Move one big step closer and tell me how it feels

[-] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

You can do this for yourself at Volcano national Park in Hawai'i. If they still let people into the lava field. We got close enough to poke the new lava with sticks. It's tolerable unless you make the mistake of standing directly over it. Also if you go take flashlights, it's no fun trying to navigate a lava field by moonlight.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

I work at a blast furnace, you can get alarmingly close to liquid iron before you are permanently injured.

[-] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you and your apprentices for quantifying this threshold.

[-] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

It's fine as long as you have the high ground.

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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