c/science_memes · by fossilesque@mander.xyz · 251dm a g m a 294 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world
11 Comments
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 250d
Magma was underground before it was cool.
xep@discuss.online · 2 pts · 249d
God damn it just take my upvote, have at it.
WhisperingEye@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 251d
Liquid hot magma!
Asafum@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 250d
RePsyche@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 250d
So Hot! 🌶️🔥
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 250d
If you could float an island in the sky, would hovering over lava cause it to be magma? (Can you have lava in a large tunnel, or is that magma?)
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 250d
Never really thought about it before, but is there a reason for the distinction?
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 249d
English is silly
Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 249d
It does determine the rock type after settling. Lava becomes extrusive rocks (typically weaker because crystals have less time to form) were as magma because intrusive rocks (stronger like granite)
psud@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 245d
People called the stuff on the surface "lava"
Scientists called the stuff the crust floats on "magma"
Science needed to draw a line for when magma becomes lava, they chose when it reaches the surface
Calling the stuff lining your underground lair lava is about as bad as calling the Moon a planet
cout970@programming.dev · 3 pts · 250d
Oceans are lava and ice is a mineral, if you stretch the definition enough