Speaker 1: I have seen a couple of volcanic corruptions in person,
Speaker 1: and if you saw it at nighttime, you've just seen
Speaker 1: these red explosions every ten to fifteen minutes. So what
Speaker 1: we do in my kind of research expeditions is we
Speaker 1: go out on large ships out to sea and we
Speaker 1: go to an area where maybe there's a volcano on
Speaker 1: the seafloor.
Speaker 2: That's Sam Mitchell, a globe trotting volcanologist who has faced
Speaker 2: the tallest volcanoes on land and the deepest ones under
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Speaker 2: In this episode, and I get a closer look at
Speaker 2: fire mountains and what being a volcanologist is all about. Louise,
Speaker 2: we shouldn't run in a natural history museum, but look, Emily,
Speaker 2: it's a giant skeleton.
Speaker 3: This museum is such a cool place. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I didn't know you were that much into skeletons and rocks,
Speaker 2: but hey.
Speaker 3: I need to take a picture of the skeleton. Come on, MAXI.
Speaker 4: Wait, Luise, I think you dropped something.
Speaker 3: No, Maxie, those bones aren't for you dogs on the leash.
Speaker 4: Please you're this, Maxie.
Speaker 3: Come on, okay, don good boy? Now one, two, three, smile.
Speaker 3: Awesome picture.
Speaker 2: Phew you guys, run fast here, Louise, you drop this rock?
Speaker 3: Oh thanks, Emily. It's a gift from my mom.
Speaker 2: Look at these colors, gray but also black, and I
Speaker 2: see some green on there too.
Speaker 3: It looks beautiful, yes, and it's kind of spiky too.
Speaker 3: I've never seen a rock like this, Emily.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it's a rare fine Louise, let me take
Speaker 2: a closer look.
Speaker 4: I think this one.
Speaker 3: Is Do you know where it's from?
Speaker 4: Hmm, well it might be from a volcano.
Speaker 3: Volcano. Is that one of those giant mountains that spitfire.
Speaker 2: Yes, basically, it's an opening in the Earth's crust. And
Speaker 2: there's a room in this museum with a replica.
Speaker 4: Let's go see it.
Speaker 3: Let's go come on there.
Speaker 2: It is the Fuego Volcano, one of the most active
Speaker 2: volcanoes in the world. It spit ashes one hundred times
Speaker 2: a day.
Speaker 3: Whoa the volcano goes girl like MAXI.
Speaker 2: Yes, sometimes they tremble and make the earth shake, Luis,
Speaker 2: why don't you press this button under the fuego replica?
Speaker 3: Oh, I don't know what if it starts shaking the earth.
Speaker 2: Oh, it's only a replica. It won't make the earth tremble.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 5: There's many things that volcanoes can teach us about our planets.
Speaker 5: One it's that we have to be patients with nature.
Speaker 2: Oh who's that? That's Sam Mitchell, an incredible traveler and volcanologist.
Speaker 5: Volcano is their visual They're explosive. You can see the larber,
Speaker 5: you can see these big columns of ash and seem
Speaker 5: coming out of them. So I've seen these things with
Speaker 5: my own eyes, and I think that was the biggest appeal.
Speaker 2: I just love how much Sam loves volcanoes, so, Luis.
Speaker 2: A volcanologist is someone who tries to understand how and
Speaker 2: why volcanoes go boom. They also help communities to stay
Speaker 2: safe from volcanic eruptions.
Speaker 3: So volcanologists are superheroes.
Speaker 2: Yes they are. This volcanologist's name is Sam Mitchell. He
Speaker 2: has explored the most dangerous volcanoes from all around the world.
Speaker 2: I'm glad you recorded a video for the museum.
Speaker 5: There's so many wonderful things that volcanoes can give to us,
Speaker 5: but we also always have to understand their danger, so
Speaker 5: we always have to appreciate nature and how powerful, you.
Speaker 4: Know, Louise.
Speaker 2: Volcanoes help our planet be a place where we can
Speaker 2: actually live in. Lots of natural gases that come out
Speaker 2: of volcanoes help the earth stay warm all year round,
Speaker 2: no matter the seasons.
Speaker 3: Stay warm. That reminds me, Emily. I et a volcano once.
Speaker 4: You what what do you mean?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was made of chocolate and it was warm too,
Speaker 3: and it had a hole with hot chocolate home. Yum,
Speaker 3: it was so good.
Speaker 2: Oh you mean a chocolate lava cake.
Speaker 4: I love that dessert too. We can have one later, yes,
Speaker 4: please please.
Speaker 2: Do you know why it's called a chocolate lava cake, Louise?
Speaker 3: Nope? Why because lava.
Speaker 2: Is molten rock that comes out from a volcano, just
Speaker 2: like hot chocolate. And did you know that when actual
Speaker 2: lava is still underground, it's called magmag.
Speaker 3: Well, what a cool name.
Speaker 4: It is cool when it's actually very hot.
Speaker 2: I get it, kind of like extremely hot chocolate.
Speaker 3: But Emily, what does chocolate have to do with this rock.
Speaker 2: Hmm, excellent question, Louise. Imagine if your hot chocolate came
Speaker 2: out of its volcano biscuit, but instead of eating it,
Speaker 2: you let it just sit there.
Speaker 3: That would be a silly thing to do. But okay,
Speaker 3: for how long?
Speaker 4: Just start with maybe an hour?
Speaker 3: Ouch? I guess after that my hot chocolate is no
Speaker 3: longer hot?
Speaker 4: Exactly right? And what do you think will happen if
Speaker 4: you leave it there for even longer?
Speaker 3: I guess it'll become less gooey and eventually.
Speaker 4: Eventually it becomes hard bingo.
Speaker 3: So my rock could be frozen lava.
Speaker 4: I'm not one hundred percent sure, but it might be.
Speaker 3: Let's ask someone, let's find out.
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure we can ask Sam Mitchell himself. Really, yes,
Speaker 2: because he's our.
Speaker 4: Special guest for today's talking game show.
Speaker 3: Awesome.
Speaker 2: Yes, Maxie, you can come, but you promise you won't
Speaker 2: be barking the whole time.
Speaker 4: Okay, Okay, you can howl.
Speaker 3: Let's go.
Speaker 2: Welcome to our growing up talking game show. I'm Emily
Speaker 2: and this is Luis, your host.
Speaker 3: Hi everyone, I'm Louise and this is Maxy, my assistant
Speaker 3: for today.
Speaker 2: Please welcome our guest tonight geologist and volcanologist Sam Mitchell.
Speaker 1: Hey, Emily, what's up.
Speaker 2: Sam has traveled across the USA, New Zealand, Japan, and
Speaker 2: all the way to the Pacific Ocean to study and
Speaker 2: witness volcanoes of all types.
Speaker 3: Let the game show begin. Thanks. Today we're gonna play riddles. Sam.
Speaker 3: Your job is to guess the riddle before Maxie howells.
Speaker 3: That means the time is run out. Sounds good, Okay, sure, awesome.
Speaker 3: My riddles will be all about volcanoes and fun facts.
Speaker 3: Here we go. Number one, I'm as large as the
Speaker 3: world's largest ocean, and my name's a cool country song.
Speaker 3: What am i?
Speaker 5: Ooh?
Speaker 1: This is really really tricky. Oh, the world's largest ocean.
Speaker 1: So that's the Pacific Ocean. A cool song. I think
Speaker 1: that's the Ring of Fire.
Speaker 3: Yes, it's the Pacific Ring of Fire. And what exactly
Speaker 3: is it? Emily.
Speaker 2: It's the longest chain of volcanoes across the Pacific Ocean.
Speaker 2: Because the volcanoes frequently erupt and fiery explosions, the region
Speaker 2: is known as the Ring of Fire.
Speaker 3: And what about the song?
Speaker 4: This song?
Speaker 2: Ring of Fire is a popular country song by Johnny Cash.
Speaker 3: Thanks, Emily, that's so cool. Okay, Riddle number two. I'm
Speaker 3: well known by Taurus today, even though it's been a while.
Speaker 3: I'm so sorry about Pompeii. Who am I.
Speaker 1: Sorry about Pompeii. That sounds to me like Mount Vesuvius
Speaker 1: in Naples, Italy.
Speaker 3: Correct. Mount Vesuvius is one of the most famous volcanoes
Speaker 3: in the world.
Speaker 4: Yes, it had a.
Speaker 2: Very powerful eruption a long time ago, and it buried
Speaker 2: an ancient Roman city called Pompei.
Speaker 1: Yes, interesting thing about that site. There's also another small
Speaker 1: town that doesn't get visited as much, called Herculaneum, and
Speaker 1: that was buried by mud. And that's actually it's smaller,
Speaker 1: but it's better preserved than Pompeii because of how it
Speaker 1: was buried.
Speaker 3: Cool.
Speaker 2: I didn't know that. I'll make a note about it
Speaker 2: when I go to Italy sometime.
Speaker 1: Bonus fact.
Speaker 3: Okay, speaking of bonus facts, I have a bonus riddle
Speaker 3: to share.
Speaker 4: Ooh, I didn't see that one coming.
Speaker 3: Yes, and this one's my favorite. Here it goes. You
Speaker 3: can find me in your house glowing a lot at night.
Speaker 3: I promise I'm harmless at your desk, even if my
Speaker 3: name says something else. What am I.
Speaker 1: Something you can have in your house. This is I'm
Speaker 1: thinking deep about this one, and maybe I don't need
Speaker 1: to think so difficult.
Speaker 3: The answer is lava lamp.
Speaker 1: Okay, very good.
Speaker 3: Yeah, lava lamps are cool lamps that heat up and
Speaker 3: make gooey bubbles.
Speaker 4: But they only have wax, not real lava.
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, thankfully no real lava inside of those. They
Speaker 1: demonstrate how magma can move up within the ground and
Speaker 1: also move down at the same time, so the hots
Speaker 1: of bits rise and the cool of bits fall down,
Speaker 1: and you can see that inside lava lamps.
Speaker 3: I didn't know they were like actual magma.
Speaker 1: There we go, Sam, this was fun.
Speaker 2: Thanks for playing, and thanks MAXI for insisting. Now let's
Speaker 2: talk to Sam about the cool adventures volcanologists get to have.
Speaker 3: Emily, can I, please, please please have the first question
Speaker 3: after playing the game with Sam, I really want to
Speaker 3: ask him one thing.
Speaker 4: Sure, Luise, fire away.
Speaker 3: Sam. Have you seen a volcano with lava in person?
Speaker 4: Ooh, that's called a volcanic eruption.
Speaker 1: Yes, I have seen a couple of volcanic eruptions in person.
Speaker 1: One of them is Estromboli, which is in Italy. Back then,
Speaker 1: that was a volcano that used to erupt very very frequently.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 1: And if you saw it at nighttime, you just see
Speaker 1: these red explosions every ten to fifteen minutes. And then
Speaker 1: I've also seen lava flowes in Hawaii as well during
Speaker 1: an eruption.
Speaker 2: It must be so beautiful to see in person. And
Speaker 2: how old were you when you first got into volcano, Sam?
Speaker 1: I was around eleven years old when I started getting
Speaker 1: interested in these things. With my mom, we'd pick up books,
Speaker 1: bring them back home, and we sit there and go
Speaker 1: through these books together. Some of them were more like textbooks,
Speaker 1: so they were more like scientific Some of them were
Speaker 1: a bit more adventurous, with lots of pictures and descriptions
Speaker 1: about places around the world. So I just I started reading.
Speaker 3: I want one of those books. What cool volcano can
Speaker 3: I read about? Sam? What's your favorite one?
Speaker 1: So I think I would have lots of favorite volcanoes,
Speaker 1: but I'd say the favorite one that's the most interesting
Speaker 1: to me is one in Tanzania called Oldoinno Lengai.
Speaker 3: Hold on, Emily, did you get that name again?
Speaker 2: Yes, it's Oldoino Lengai. It means mountain of God for
Speaker 2: the Massai tribes.
Speaker 3: Volcanoes have epic names everywhere. Why is this one so special?
Speaker 1: Because it erupts a very special type of lava, and
Speaker 1: this lava when it erupts out, it's colder than a
Speaker 1: lot of lava's around the world, so it doesn't shine
Speaker 1: red orange. It's actually black, and it's as runny as water,
Speaker 1: so it's really really interesting. And then when it down
Speaker 1: it turns into a white rock.
Speaker 3: It's a cookies and cream volcano.
Speaker 2: Ooh, sounds delicious. What other types of volcanoes do you study?
Speaker 1: The volcanoes I study. You're actually in the ocean and
Speaker 1: on the sea floor. So what we do in my
Speaker 1: kind of research expeditions is we go out on large
Speaker 1: ships out to sea and we go to an area
Speaker 1: where maybe there's a volcano on the sea floor, and
Speaker 1: we will send scientific equipment down to the sea floor
Speaker 1: to go and collect samples.
Speaker 2: I never thought that volcanoes could get you to the
Speaker 2: deepest depths of the ocean. It sounds like you can
Speaker 2: see Earth like no one has seen it before.
Speaker 1: Yes, the special moment for me was we were going
Speaker 1: down in this submersible all the way down to the
Speaker 1: sea floor. It took us about twenty minutes to get there.
Speaker 1: And we went six hundred meters deep, so over two
Speaker 1: thousand feet and when we arrived you just see the
Speaker 1: sea floor through them through the window in the submersible,
Speaker 1: and you're the very first person who has maybe ever
Speaker 1: seen that part of the sea floor. So that was
Speaker 1: incredibly special.
Speaker 3: Wow. Sam, you like the first man on the Moon,
Speaker 3: but underwater. Ooh, nice one, Louise, Sam, I've been wanting
Speaker 3: to ask this for so long. Here, I have this rock.
Speaker 3: It's really nothing special. My mom gave it to me,
Speaker 3: she brought it from a trip. How can I know
Speaker 3: if it's a volcanic rock.
Speaker 1: Oh, there's lots of little things. Sometimes you can't always tell.
Speaker 1: Sometimes rocks can be very good at keeping their secrets.
Speaker 1: And if you can see these little green round crystals
Speaker 1: in there, that might mean it's a special type of
Speaker 1: volcanic rock or basalts.
Speaker 3: I think I see no crystals here.
Speaker 1: Another thing you can look for is lots of holes
Speaker 1: in your rock. So magma when it's in the ground
Speaker 1: and is full of bubbles of gas. So if there's
Speaker 1: lots of little holes, those are where the bubbles of
Speaker 1: gas used to be trapped. And when the rock cools down,
Speaker 1: there's bubbles of gas get trapped and they remain as
Speaker 1: little holes in your rock.
Speaker 3: Yeah, this one's like cheese, but with even more holes.
Speaker 4: Then I think it's safe to.
Speaker 3: Say that this rock is volcanic rock.
Speaker 2: Maxie, thank you so much for helping us out. Sam.
Speaker 4: Louise, what do you think about volcanoes?
Speaker 3: I think they're super important for our planet. They're also
Speaker 3: beautiful but also dangerous and super duper powerful. And that
Speaker 3: you can study volcanoes from the depth of the oceans.
Speaker 3: I'd love to know so much more about them.
Speaker 4: Should we get that lava cake now?
Speaker 3: Yes, just with no ashes and gases. Please.
Speaker 2: Thanks for tagging along on this episode of Growing Up
Speaker 2: about the exciting adventures of volcanologists, and remember a little listener,
Speaker 2: dream big, and always stay curious.
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