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Baroarbunga

Season 1 Episode 3 | 2m 46s

The Baroarbunga volcano in Central Iceland erupted on August 31, 2014 spewing out red hot lava. Particle Physicist Brian Cox visits the volcano a year after the eruption and explains that the origin of the lava’s color comes from the light the object is emitting.

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