Science

We can't stop watching these videos of lava engulfing everyday objects

Julia Calderone

2016-02-27T14:53:00Z

Destructive molten lava has never been so relaxing to watch.

We just stumbled upon these videos of Hawaiian lava slowly overtaking, then totally obliterating, soda and soup cans — and we can't get enough of them.

The genius behind these decidedly dangerous yet oddly tranquilizing videos is YouTuber Bryan Lowry. He's uploaded a bunch of mesmerizing lava shots he took between January and July 2013 during his "lava hikes" in Hawaii on his YouTube channel "lavapix."

Check out some of the more spectacular clips from his trip.

Lowry took this footage of laving flowing on Kilauea's ongoing Pu’u O’o lava flow, which first erupted in January 1983.

Source: USGS

He started this series with a scientific bent. He wanted to see how various "sealed objects react to the 2,000-degree lava hitting it." This can of Chef Boyardee Beef Ravioli did no fare so well.

Source: lavapix/YouTube

Here's another view. Lowry spent seven and a half months hiking around the lava flows for the series.

Source: lavapix/YouTube

Unfortunately, these mundane objects weren't the volcano's only victims. This particular flow has engulfed 214 structures, and buried about nine miles of highway under as much as 115 feet of lava.

Source: USGS

The Pu’u O’o lava flow ranks as the largest outpouring of lava from the volcano's East Rift Zone in the past 500 years.

Source: USGS

Check out more of Bryan Lowry's videos on his YouTube channel here. We promise you won't regret clicking.

Photography Photos Hawaii