Fire is at Earth's center, spewing gases and magma in many directions in ways people barely fathom. We can't see in to Earth's core, but we experience the effects. Could ceramic change in a potter's kiln give us insight into what Earth does when marine sediments cycle, in millions of years, making magma and new crust? This video of Jason at Rota came to me when I asked Jim Broda if underwater eruptions ever flowed in ways that incandescent magma could be seen. Erupting (search for the red) Video Learn more about volcanism at NOAA’s Submarine Ring of Fire 2006. |