Day 204:<\/p>\n
I’ve found a long snaking river of lava in a cave I was digging to get to the big mountain.<\/p>\n
That’s the bad news.<\/p>\n
The good news is that the lava here seems to be thicker than molasses (whatever that is) and — this is the weird part — yes weirder than usual — it doesn’t melt glass.<\/p>\n
I have absolutely zero explanation of that and I’m hoping sometime in my lifetime whoever bails me off this rock will bring a physicist or maybe one of those material scientist types who could explain why the laws of thermodynamics aren’t applying here. I mean, the lava’s a hell of a lot hotter than the coal I’m burning to make the glass in the first place.<\/p>\n
Anyway, this means I can, with enough glass, wall in the lava so it’s safe to travel around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Day 204: I’ve found a long snaking river of lava in a cave I was digging to get to the big mountain. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the lava here seems to be thicker than molasses (whatever that is) and — this is the weird part — yes weirder than usual … <\/p>\n