If magma is so hot that it can melt everything, then how do scientists and the likes take samples of it when it is still in this extremely hot liquid form?

-- Johanna Besaw (jbesaw1@oswego.edu), February 22, 2001

Answers

Scientists have heatproof suits that allow them to move very close to the lava and take samples, there is a picture of this on page 103 in the text (figure 5.25).

-- Dan Lake (danls1@aol.com), March 01, 2001.

I mean what can they take a sample with that the magma wouldn't melt?

-- Johanna Besaw (jbesaw1@oswego.edu), March 02, 2001.