What would happen to a person when he drops into a volcano?

Question

I am just wondering what will happen to that person when he/she drops into a volcano? Does he/she melts or caught fire?

Answer 1

Well it depends on whether the volcano is active or not. An active volcano may not have a pool of lava at it's crater. If someone fell into the crater here, they could be seriously injured through the inhalation of toxic fumes. The ground may be hot as a result of the heat from the magma heating it up so they may sustain burns. Furthermore, the gases can dissolve in water vapour in the air and form acid rain which could also burn or irritate the person's skin.

Obviously, a dormant volcano would most likely cause no injury but a little bit of lung damage through fume inhalation. In an extinct volcano you would suffer no injury whatsoever.

If the volcano is erupting with magma and lava flowing from the summit or a crater then the person would either suffocate from the fumes before landing in the lava or would land in the lava still alive. If the latter happens then the extreme heat could cause immediate death through shock or other factors. Depending on the viscosity of the lava, the person could burn or sink below the surface before being decomposed through the heat. The result of this would be the person turning into ash. Another factor is pyroclastic flows. These are like avalanches but with superheated gas and ash within. If the person fell through this before reaching the lava-filled crater then they would be barbequed. Their skin would be scorched black and harden. Their eyes would melt and all hair on their body would burn off. Some features such as the nose, ears and smaller toes could burn off too. If there was an ash cloud and the person fell through that, then they could die from inhaling it. This is because the ash are small particles which mix with the fluids in your lungs to create a mixture that works like concrete. It sticks to your lungs and can harden and you suffocate from inside the body. Also, the ash maybe heated and inhaling would most likely destroy the windpipe, tongue, and nasal cavity through burning. Finally you could be hit by lava bombs which are basically lava ejected at speeds from the erupting volcano. As they travel through the air, they call to become rock. These can be large and being hit by one of these in the head can cause serious brain injury or be fatal.

Either way, landing in an active volcano would not be nice!

Answer 2

In an active volcano, most likely they will catch on fire before even hitting the lava.

The closer you get to the mass, the temperature becomes increadibly high.

Ouch, though, what a way to go...

Answer 3

Assuming the volcano was active, he'd probably suffocate from the fumes. Volcanic gas is toxic. Of course, the extreme heat would be a factor....

Answer 4

Well... if the volcano was active, a person would most likely be incinerated from the heat. If it wasn't active, then they would get injuries from falling onto the rocks at the most.

Answer 5

I am sure that the molten rock in your standard lava flow is around 2,000 degrees farenheight. That being said, you would definitely combust before you hit bottom, and you'd all but desintegrate into ash. No melting, the heat is too extreme.

Answer 6

they would be injured.. but if are able to survive the injuries and are capable of removing themselves from the area to safety soon they would develop super powers and don tights, wear their underpants on the outside and possibly adorn a cape and most likely dub themselves as:

volcano man or volcano woman.. and have the powers to shoot out hot lasers from their eyes... produce a molten heated product through their appendages and able to control things with their mind.

Answer 7

just swims around alittle then gets out and dries off

Answer 8

they would die