What happens when you walk on LAVA? Video shows tour guide press his foot on molten rock wearing walking boots

As lava courses through Hawaii’s Big Island towards a shopping centre, residents are making plans to keep well out of its way.

But what happens if you are faced with the prospect of walking on lava?

On a holiday to Kilauea in Hawaii, neuroscientist Alex Rivest decided to find out, when his tour guide offered to tread into a pool of scorching molten rock.

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Man v lava: On a recent holiday to Kilauea in Hawaii, neuroscientist Alex Rivest decided to find out what would happen if you stepped on lava, which is around 700 to 1,200 °C (1,292 to 2,192 °F)

Lava is around 700 to 1,200 °C (1,292 to 2,192 °F) when it emerges from a volcano and then makes its way to the path of least resistance.

The tour guide’s boot is shown to make a small impression, sparking a flame which bounced off the surface.

‘While this may not be surprising (it is liquid rock), I think that many people think of lava as more of a hot-watery-like substance,’ said Mr Rivest who is originally from Massachusetts.

‘You would never fall into a lava lake the way you would a swimming pool, the molten rock is much more dense, so you would simply land on it, sink a little, and be burned.’

 

 

The tour guide’s shoe is shown to make a small impression, sparking a flame which bounced off the surface

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Heating up: Lava is currently moving through Hawaii’s Big Island towards a shopping centre, and residents are making plans to keep well out of its way

HOW DOES LAVA BEHAVE?

The word lava can be used to describe molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the rock that solidifies and cools after an eruption.

When first erupted from a volcano, lava is a liquid and its temperature ranges from 700 to 1,200°C.

It is up to 100,000 times as viscous - thick and sticky - as water.

A 'lava flow' is when lava flows from a volcano and is created during a 'non-explosive effusive eruption.'

When it has stopped moving, lava solidifies to form igneous rock.

Explosive eruptions create a mixture of volcanic ash and other fragments called tephra, rather than lava flows.

Kilauea is thought to be 300,000 to 600,000 years old and is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. It has continuously erupted since 1983.

Lava from Kilauea volcano has been threatening Pahoa town, which has a population of about 900, for months.

In October, it burned a house and covered part of a cemetery but stalled just before hitting Pahoa's main road.

‘At certain locations, and only under proper guidance and safety procedures, you can visit some of the lava fronts. It is truly one of the most amazing things to witness,’ said Mr Rivest.

The video follows footage which emerged last year showing a man taking five steps up a flow of lava on Mount Etna in Sicily.

The film was analysed by a geoscientist who has confirmed it is possible to walk on lava.

Erik Klemetti, from Denis University in Ohio, explained in his Eruptions Blog that when boiling hot lava hits the cool air, it forms a dark crust that can be stood on - albeit for a short period of time.

And although lava appears to flow like a stream, it is more viscous than water, which Mr Klemetti claims means it can withstand a small amount of pressure.

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Kilauea is thought to be 300,000 to 600,000 years old and is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

 
In a previous blog post, Mr Klametti explained that falling into lava would cause the water inside a human body to boil, turn to steam and the person would 'explode from within.' 

And it isn't just feet that are being tested in lava. There is a whole YouTube channel dedicated to throwing cans of food and drink into the molten material. 

In one video, lavapix shows how a can of ravioli would slowly melt away when covered in lava, and eventually explode.

'Don't try this at home,' filmmaker Bryan Lowry cautions. 'Of course if you do have a lava flow at your house, trying this is the least of your problems. 

'Safety precautions were taken and only the GoPro was slightly in harms way.' 

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Kilauea is the youngest and most active Hawaiian shield volcano, located on the southern part of the island

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Defence: A geologist uses a handheld GPS unit to mark the lava flow margin coordinates in Pahoa on Friday. Lava from Kilauea volcano has been threatening Pahoa town, which has a population of about 900

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Humiliating moment man has a spectacular treadmill fall while ogling a pretty girl... then pretends to do push-ups to cover it up

A man has tried to recover from his treadmill fall by turning it into a set of push ups.

It appears the accident was triggered by an attractive woman with fiery red hair, who's figure-hugging gym attire caught the attention of the exercising man.

As she walked past him, he became momentarily distracted and turned his head.

Unfortunately for the man, his longing gaze was not as subtle as he may have hoped. 

 
A man has tried to recover from his treadmill fall by turning it into a set of push ups. The accident was triggered by an attractive woman with fiery red hair, wearing figure-hugging gym attire

The exercising man was momentarily distracted by the woman which caused him to slip and fall

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The heavy fall made the woman stop and watch the man who quickly began doing push ups on the ground

The woman, who wore high-waisted aqua leggings and a crop top, was initially oblivious to the man on the treadmill.

As she walked behind his exercising machine, the man could not help but watch her by turning his head.

However this caused the man to lose his balance and slip off the treadmill.

The heavy fall made the woman stop and watch the man who quickly began doing push ups on the ground.

Despite the man's efforts to try and impress the woman, she seemed unfazed and continued to walk away from him.

It is unclear which country the man and woman are from but the footage was filmed inside a gym.

 

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‘I keep thinking what she's going through, if she's being tortured’: Woman’s fears for her cousin trapped in Sydney siege as she reveals they exchanged texts minutes before gunman took her hostage

A woman has revealed the terrifying moment she realised her cousin was one of the people held hostage in the Lindt Cafe in Sydney.

'I was texting her as she was walking into the shop and she told me she was going into Lindt to get some hot chocolate,' she told Daily Mail Australia.

'She texted me an exclamation point at around 9:35am, and I knew there was something wrong.'

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A young woman revealed that her cousin is one of the hostages still being held in the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place

The young woman asked not be identified out of fear for her cousin's safety, knowing that every detail released could jeopardise police operations to release the hostages from their 10-hour-long ordeal.

'My aunt has been crying on the phone to me, as well as my dad frantically panicking during cliffhanger moments on the news,' she said.

She said that her cousin was a passionate 25-year-old from Sydney who worked in the fashion industry and is adored by her family, including her mother and sibling who are desperate for her to be returned to them safely. 

'I'm so worried for her, I keep thinking what she's going through, if she's being tortured, if she's being hurt - I love her to death, I would hate for her to be hurt.

'We're just all so worried and we just want her home,' she said. 

The young woman said that when she saw hostages fleeing from the cafe she 'had a spark of hope that it was her,' and was crushed when she realised her cousin was still inside.

Despite reports that the gunman has allowed several of the hostages to contact their families and loved ones, the young woman revealed that since her message alerting her to the situation, the family have received no more communication from her. 

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Terror on the streets of Sydney: This is the moment one of five people managed to escape the Martin Place cafe where an armed gunman is holding more than ten people hostage

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Run for your life: A distressed hostage - a cafe employee - runs into the arms of a waiting police officer

 

Panic in Martin Place: Two of the three male hostages who escaped the Lindt chocolate cafe around 3:45pm on Monday afternoon are believed to be customers

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Ray Hadley: The woman talked to the 2GB broadcaster this afternoon

The young woman said that waiting for a solution to the crisis was anguish, and that the entire family was terrified of what might happen during the night.

'Our family is scared to death, to be honest, our stomachs are tied in knots knowing she's still in there,' she said.

Reports from inside the Lindt Cafe have surfaced throughout the day, including a worried mother   whose son is trapped inside the cafe with.

Mel, the mother of an apprentice plumber, told Radio 2GB's Ray Hadley she received a message from her son saying, 'Mum, I'm in the Lindt chocolate cafe in Sydney.

'My heart just dropped,' she told Hadley, who says he has had three telephone conversations with a terrified hostage inside the shop.

'I sent him a text message saying, "What's going on, are you OK?" He said, "I'm OK mum, can't talk.'

'I haven't heard anything since,' the woman said late on Monday afternoon. 

Five people - two women and three men - have this afternoon escaped the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place, in the city's central business district. 

The 18-year-old man had popped into the cafe at around 9:30am to purchase a coffee.

Hadley also said he has spoken to a young man off air who was inside the cafe, and that the man told him some hostages have fallen ill.

'There are some people who are not well,' the broadcaster said. 'They're distraught.'

'I can hear the person in the background issuing instructions. 

'One person is quite ill [and) needs medical attention.' 

 

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Hostage terror: More than a dozen staff and customers are thought to be held prisoner inside the Lindt chocolate cafe store in the heart of Sydney's CBD

 

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Terror in Martin Place: Armed police streamed to the area of the siege with assault weapons

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Shahada flag: This flag, which reads 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah', is regularly used by the extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra

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Militant's demand: The flag adopted by the Islamic State terror group

Hadley indicated the hostage taker was trying to make demands through the media. 

Hadley said he was not in a position to negotiate with the hostage-taker and that he had been in contact with police. 

Channel 7 reporters have returned to their Martin Place office directly opposite the cafe and are reporting that they can see the gunman, who is wearing black trousers, a white shirt and is unshaven.

They also believed the gunman was lining up hostages against the glass cafe windows and keeping them in position for hours at a time.

The gunman had ordered his victims to hold up the Shahada flag, which is used as an emblem of the extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra, which is fighting the Assad government in Syria.   

There is believed to be two bombs within the cafe and two more planted in the surrounds of the central city area.   

'There are requests being made I can't provide,' Mr Hadley said on air. 

'I'm aware of the same sort of phone calls going to the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). They can't respond to them.

'The media can't play a role in negotiating with people purporting to be from Islamic State holding hostages in a cafe in Sydney.' 

NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn confirmed police negotiators had made contact with the militant this afternoon. 

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Authority: NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn said she believed all hostages were unharmed as the siege unfolded

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Brigade: Heavily armed police closed off downtown Sydney around the Lindt chocolate cafe where more than 10 people are being held

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Over there: Armed police are seen in Martin Place, a legal, administrative and media centre that runs through the heart of Sydney's CBD

Hadley said he received advice from NSW state Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione's office during the conversations. 

'I'm not so big-headed I think I can handle that situation without the expert advice I have received,' he said. 

The siege immediately followed reports of a counter-terrorism raids in the suburbs of north-western Sydney, however NSW Police told Daily Mail Australia they believe two events were unrelated. 

The siege has stretched into the evening in Sydney.

More developments are expected from a press conference later Monday, after police debrief the freed hostages.

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Hunter jumps out of his skin after nudging 'dead' deer in woods only for its eyes to open and it spring 3 ft into the air and run off

A hilarious video shows the moment a hunter got the fright of his life after he nudged a buck he shot down - before it suddenly opened its eyes and sprang to its feet.

The footage, which surfaced this week, shows an unidentified American hunter leaving his tree stand in the woods and walking towards a deer on the ground.

'Got one,' the man can be heard muttering as he walks along with the camera pointed towards the deer. 'It's a buck too. I don't know how big it was but it was running.' 

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Hit: A deer lies on the ground after it was shot down by the American hunter behind the camera

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Wake up call: As he approaches the deer, it has its eyes shut, but he then nudges it with his foot, right

As he nears the deer, which is on its side, he notices it's still breathing.

Slowly, he approaches the buck from the front and the animal's eyes are firmly closed.

But uncertain whether or not he killed the animal, he nudges its legs with its boot - and its eyes open suddenly.

'Holy s***!' the man says. 'Its eyes are open!'

He screams in horror as the deer's eyes open wider and the animal suddenly bounds up to its feet.

With the camera still rolling, the watches as the deer leaps at least three feet in the air. The animal can then be seen running into the woods.

The video, which was filmed in November 2013 and shared to Liveleak, has been viewed 1.1 million times on the website.  

 
One viewer scalded the hunter for not knowing the deer was alive, saying it would have had its eyes open had it been dead, while others said it should have been left to bleed out.

Other viewers said they hoped the hunter managed to put the deer out of its misery. 

But others laughed at the video and admitted they had leapt almost as high as the deer.

'My co-workers are laughing at me for jumping,' one admitted

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Shocking living conditions of Eastern European 'slaves' revealed after rescue from warehouse where they were paid just £25 for working a 80-hour week k

These pictures show the appalling living conditions a group of eastern European slaves were forced to endure before being rescued by police.

Officers saved 13 Slovakian 'slaves' during a raid at a picture framing factory in Rochdale.

They have alleged they were working in terrible conditions and were paid £25 for an 80-hour week after deductions for rent and travel.

The home they lived in is bare, filthy and some of them were forced to sleep on a mattress on the floor. 

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Filthy: The Rochdale house where the 13 Slovakian slaves lived. They were paid £25 for an 80-hour week after rent was deducted for the squalid home and travel

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One officer said: 'The men and women were effectively working for pennies, while simultaneously ensuring they remain reliant on the people enslaving them'. Pictured, a mattress on the floor in their spartan home

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Grim: Washing dries in a bare, filthy room in the Rochdale house the workers were forced to live in

The 'slaves', all adults, were found during a police raid working in a unit on a business park and had been subject to 'physical and verbal abuse', say police.

Four men, aged, 34 51, 43 and 40, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to require another person to perform forced or compulsory labour and conspiracy to commit trafficking offences.

The raid follows the previous discovery of 10 other eastern European 'slaves' at a house in Rochdale, where the workers were being kept four to a room.

It is the latest phase of Operation Retriever, designed to tackle human trafficking in Rochdale.

Its first strike last month ended with five people being charged over their alleged involvement in a trafficking ring which is said to have sold a pregnant woman into a sham marriage and then attempted to trick her into aborting her baby.

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More pictures showing the squalid conditions. The raid follows the previous discovery of 10 other eastern European 'slaves' at a house in Rochdale, where the workers were being kept four to a room

Commenting on the latest raid, Det Insp James Faulkner said: 'This is another excellent result from a joint operation which has strived to uncover and protect vulnerable victims from the men and women hoping to exploit them for their own financial gain.

'The men and women working in the factory have told us that they were subjected to physical and verbal assaults at the hands of their employers and forced to work more than 80 hours before ending up with around £25 for their week's work.

'This is a typical example of how modern slavery can work in the UK.

'The men and women are promised accommodation and jobs, but are forced to live in cramped, terrible conditions before being taken to work in a factory for more than 12 hours each day.'

The 13 'slaves', all adults, were found during a police raid working in a unit on a business park. Four men, aged 35, 51, 43 and 40, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to require another person to perform forced or compulsory labour and conspiracy to commit trafficking offences

He added: 'At the end of the week, the factory owners pay them around £125 for their 80 hours, but then take up to £100 away immediately for rent, travel and other expenses.

'This leaves the men and women effectively working for pennies, while simultaneously ensuring they remain reliant on the people enslaving them.

'When you consider that this factory was producing frames and pictures for major high street companies, with contracts running into the millions of pounds, it proves just how much money these men stood to make from this exploitation.

'Now GMP and our partners in Rochdale council will be striving to safeguard these victims from further exploitation, and we will do our utmost to ensure that the people responsible for this injustice are punished to the full extent of the law.'

Mark Widdup, director of economy and environment with Rochdale council, said: 'Today's raid is another example of agencies working together to share, connect and act on information, quickly and effectively.

'Through truly groundbreaking initiatives like PET, the Partnership Enforcement Team, we use all our tools and powers, be it through housing, revenues and benefits or trading standards to disrupt criminality in the borough.

'We want to send a clear message that Rochdale council and the police are committed to rooting out criminal behaviour, bringing the perpetrators to justice and helping victims.'

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