![]() ![]() Everything in that pool of molten rock will be pretty much at the same temperature (about 700 to 1200 degrees C, per Wikipedia.) This is because it’s a very hot body enclosed in a very good insulator (lots of rock). Shouldn’t really be too hot, should it? Alas, Sam, Frodo and Gollum would have been cooked the moment they stepped into that cave, unless there was some magical protection that was unmentioned in book or movie.Īs a thought experiment, imagine a magma chamber underground. They were sweating but the bridge is high and the cave is large. ![]() Remember the scene inside Mount Doom where Frodo and Gollum wrestle for the ring? In the movie, they are in a mostly enclosed space, on a bridge high over the lava. the climb isn’t hard, but it’s a long way up a pretty steep slope of loose ashes and rubble not the most enjoyable terrain to hike on. the famous “tongariro crossing” hike goes past it but not to the top. Mount Ngauruhoe aka Mount Doom n the lord of the rings movies, this is a very regularly shaped active volcano in tongariro national park.
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