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Gas Becomes Solid at Volcano Surface Thursday, May 07, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> General Science   
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Science has unearthed the secret to what might have been alchemy at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania. There, in the ancient East African Rift at a place known to local Maasai people as the Mountain of God, Oldoinyo Lengai spews forth carbon dioxide-laden lavas called carbonatites. The carbonatites line the volcano's flanks like snowballs. Oldoinyo Lengai is the only place on Earth where carbonatites currently erupt--and where carbon dioxide from a volcano doesn't vanish into thin air. (source: nsf.gov)
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