this glowing goo is lava but it's
obviously not from a volcano
the tilt furnace is really the statement
piece of the whole operation it can hold
hundreds of kilos of lava and execute
experiments about viscosity morphology
structures and formations
when we jump it out here is about the
meter that falls from the spout to the
trough and through the trough we lose
about 275 degrees fahrenheit by the time
it hits the end we want to be at 2150
fahrenheit
and that's the magic spot for the lava
researchers are looking for that sweet
spot between 1600 and 2200 degrees the
range for natural lava
knowing the lava's temperature at what
time and where is crucial so the team
has an array of 10 digital cameras to
capture 3d images of the flow and a
thermal camera which can read up to 3600
degrees fahrenheit