Izvan doticaja kiše, leda, cak i prašine, površina lave izgleda isto kao i onda kada se osušila i pod je bio tako vruc da bilo što da ga dotakne bi se pretvorilo u žeravicu.
Out of the reach of rain and frost and even dust, the surface of the lava looks exactly as it must have done, when the last trickle was draining away, and the floor was so hot that anything touching it would be turned to a cinder.