While jumping into a pool from a very high place is quite enjoyable for most of us at the cooling point, jumping into a lava-filled volcano from the same place unfortunately it is far from a relaxing and refreshing activity.

So if we enter a volcano what will happen to us?

Never mind falling into a volcano, it’s actually quite frightening and dangerous to even look at it from the opposite direction.

Because the bright magma emanating from the volcanic core can reach temperatures of about 1000°C. This degree undoubtedly means a temperature high enough to burn the human body completely. In addition to the heat, the volcano’s environment is filled with enough poisonous gases to kill anyone who approaches it.

For example, let’s imagine that we are slowly climbing to the top of the volcano.

As we go up and get closer to the volcano, we gradually start to get warmer. He’s so depressed he can’t breathe and it is inevitable to think that we are face to face with death. Because the rims of volcanoes average 500°C.

Plenty too methane, sulphur, ammonia and carbon monoxide we have to breathe. In short, it’s only a matter of time before we start to suffocate and lose consciousness.

Let’s assume that we jumped into this magma-filled pit by helicopter, as it is unlikely that we would plunge into the volcano in such a state.

This fall from the helicopter to the volcano will be quite short. Because within seconds we are dealing with a lack of oxygen and we would probably lose consciousness. What about after that?

The red-hot magma in the volcano is millions of times more viscous than water. This is when our body comes into contact with magma, that we will crash into the pool as hard as if we had taken a high jump. It means.

This tight structure strong enough to break most bones in our body. Of course, not only our bones are damaged. Torn lungs and inflamed skin are also things that happen to us when we fall into a volcano.

Within seconds, our bones and ashes rise to the top of the lava. So once we’re inside a volcano, the only way out is to step into a vase of our ashes.

But surprisingly, there are survivors. For example, a watchman in 2007, fell into the volcano, but managed to save himself. He suffered severe burns on both legs and one arm, but survived. So how?

The main reason he survived this terrible heat, was that the lava that fell was sodium carbonate lava. Sodium carbonatite, a type of carbonaceous lava, is half the temperature of other lavas and is slightly easier to remove. But this is of course a big exception.