The old Twitter, now X, continues to create its legends. Photos of a volcano allegedly spewing blue lava in Ethiopia recently left some netizens stunned and confused.. So is there really blue lava?

What would be different if the lava in this region was this color instead of the famous orange-red magma color? Was it the stones? Natural or fake natural: What do you think? warning pre-advertising something: photos are real but not lava and location!

The photos circulating are by photographer Oliver Grunewald. He, who has 35 years of experience in cruises and animated visits to volcanoes, explains that at least one of the photos was taken on the Indonesian volcano Kawah Ijen.

The other photo taken in Ethiopia brings with it another mistake: not from a volcano. The photo was taken in the hydrothermal zone of the Danakil Depression..

Hydrothermal vents can be found near volcanoes, but they are different systems and do not necessarily coexist. They occur where there are water basins in contact with cracks in the earth’s crust. The liquid is heated by the convection effect and is thrown out.

It can be in a bubbling system like in Yellowstone Park with its famous geysers, or it can be in jets.

What about blue lava?

No doubt it’s a dazzling phenomenon, but lava isn’t. According to information available online, the intense blue color may be the result of the melting of a particular rock. But the truth is “blue lava” is the combustion of a gas sulfuric.

When volcanoes erupt, they hurl everything into the atmosphere: ash, rocks, and mostly sulphurous gases due to the rich sulfur abundance. Under certain conditions, the gas burns when it comes into contact with open-air flames during the flow of lava, creating this bluish sight.

This phenomenon is quite common at Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia; however, the incident in Ethiopia was a combination of certain factors that are rarer to visualize. This time the viral “X” didn’t completely mislead you because the images are real. However, this event is not caused by the melting of the blue stones, but by gaseous combustion..

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Source: Tec Mundo

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