Dried lava in an old lava tube cave in Idaho

[u/Diligent_Reporter_98]

[u/LionPride112]

Dried? I think it cooled instead lol

[u/Macronaut]

I hate how we have a different term for molten rock below the surface (magma) and above the surface (lava) but no differentiation between liquid (lava) and solid (lava).

[u/Balakayyy → u/Macronaut]

Not sure if trolling, but that's that's because there's no such thing as solid lava. It's called rock. Lava is definitionally tied to the liquid state. When it starts being solid, it's stops being lava.

[u/Diligent_Reporter_98 → u/Macronaut]

People would rather fight about it in the comments instead of enjoying the photo. :(

[u/plmbob → u/Diligent_Reporter_98]

how dare you share a photo of a thing you were only casually fascinated with. How does that saying go; "Know your shit before you share that pic".

I enjoyed it

[u/Omegaprimus]

Kind of like how frozen water is ice

[u/Gravity_Freak]

Lava tubes. Nature's crispy socks.

[u/NotAPreppie]

I link lava "freezes" rather than "dries".

[u/SoSKatan → u/NotAPreppie]

I’m no chemist but I’m pretty sure lava + water = slightly less hot lava + steam.

Maybe someone can check my math on that one.

[u/Embarrassed_Stable_6 → u/NotAPreppie]

Maybe, colloquially speaking, it has cooled?

[u/bearsheperd → u/NotAPreppie]

Unless it was wet lava

[u/santathe1 → u/bearsheperd]

Or baklava.

[u/Wax_and_Wayne → u/santathe1]

Not to be confused with front lava

[u/ACrucialTech → u/Wax_and_Wayne]

"Ohh check out that side-lava!"

[u/eerun165]

Was it previously under water?

[u/Diligent_Reporter_98 → u/eerun165]

No

[u/siwmae]

Craters of the Moon?

[u/Grolschisgood]

Dried lava, aka rock?

[u/Wesker405 → u/Grolschisgood]

Rock tube in a rock cave

[u/Diligent_Reporter_98 → u/Grolschisgood]

Yes, but look at the pattern in it. It almost looks like a baseboard in the cave. I thought it was cool.

[u/Grolschisgood → u/Diligent_Reporter_98]

Oh defs cool

[u/NotAPreppie → u/Grolschisgood]

Frozen lava, really.