It was made of black, glassy lava mixed with bits of feldspar.

它的成分为黑色的和坡璃质的火山石，同时大杂了长石碎片。

Because when Nyiragongo erupts, there's no way to outrun the lava.

因为尼拉贡戈火山喷发时，人们根本无法从炽热的熔岩中逃脱。

What if a giant volcano on Earth could spew out lava that high?

如果地球上一个巨大的火山可以喷出那么高的岩浆呢？

Unless, of course, it happens to explode and pour molten lava all over your campsite!

除非，当然，它突然喷发，熔浆覆盖你的营地。

After producing the lava, the researchers calculated its reflectivity in both the molten and solid states.

制造出熔岩之后，研究人员计算了熔岩在熔融状态和固态下的反射率。

This is a safe and popular way to watch Kilauea's lava moving slowly toward the ocean.

这是一种安全又流行的观看熔岩缓慢流向海洋方式。

Bodies of water like lakes, streams and rivers would be vaporized if there was enough lava.

湖泊，小溪和河流等水体，如果有足够多的熔岩时，水分就会蒸发。

The searing surface temperature of Venus probably kept the lava hot and helped it spread out more, too.

灼热的金星表面温度使岩浆保持高温，帮助它们扩散得更开。

After the volcano last erupted on December 18th, authorities built walls to divert the lava from the town.

12月18日火山最后一次喷发完后，当局修建了围墙，将熔岩从小镇上引开。

The crucible, which was the container holding the lava, was glowing so brightly it made my eyes water.

坩埚——装熔岩的容器——发出的光如此耀眼，让我的眼睛都湿润了。

So far, the walls are holding the lava back from all, but the houses on the outskirts of town.

到目前为止，除了城郊的房屋之外，火山墙阻挡住了熔岩。

So Pajusalu and his colleagues did what anyone would do to test that idea: they made their own lava.

因此，帕朱萨鲁及同事做了任何人都会做的事情，来验证这个想法：他们自己制造了熔岩。

All across this area massive eruptions happened that laid down lava 2,000 feet thick in some places and that cooled into this.

整个地区都发生了大规模的喷发，在一些地方形成了 2000 英尺厚的熔岩，然后冷却成这样。

Most of the time, when we think of a volcanic eruption, we think of the hot, molten lava spewing down, covering the surrounding area.

很多时候，我们一提到火山喷发会联想到炙热的熔岩喷涌下来，覆盖整个火山周围的区域。

And, by the way, the floor is molten lava.

顺便说一下，地板是熔岩。

Notice as this continues to go down over the last several days, and one of our last pictures here, we can't see the lava anymore.

注意，在过去的几天里，这持续下降，我们最后的一张图片，我们看不到熔岩了。

In the path of hot, nasty lava.

炙热的岩浆正向他们袭来。

Of course, you don't have to mess around with boiling hot lava to get your hands on something that started life miles below the surface.

当然，你不必去折腾那些炽热的熔岩，不必去获取那些起源于地下数英里深的东西。

We can divert the lava into a canyon.

把熔岩导到峡谷里。

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said it feared the species was likely lost to repeated volcanic lava flows " that nearly cover the island" .

国际自然保护联盟表示，他们担心该物种可能因为反复发生的火山熔岩而消失，这些火山熔岩几乎流经了整个岛屿。