"Orchid XP v2" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> > But maybe there should be steam (and boiling?), where the lava river
> > gets into the water?
>
> Weirdly, when lava hits water, it doesn't seem to boil much. Just tones
> of steam. (Which is maybe why you can't see any bubbling?) Strange but
> true...

Probably because boiling involves small abouts of water changing to steam
beneath the surface and bubbling to the surface. When lava (few hundred
degrees C) hits water the water turns en-mass to steam instantly. There
isn't time to boil.

My guess, not scientific proof.

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