The Syracuse University Lava Project demonstrated a lava pour as part of Saturday’s Central New York Earth Science Student Symposium. (Photos by Chase Guttman ’18)
Dozens of people gathered Saturday at the University’s Comstock Art Facility for an up-close look at a unique representation of a natural world occurrence.
The lava pour was part of the annual Central New York Earth Science Student Symposium (CNYESSS), organized and presented by the student-run Geology Club in the Department of Earth Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Syracuse University Lava Project is a collaboration between sculptor Bob Wysocki, assistant professor in the Department of Art, and geologist Jeff Karson, professor in the Department of Earth Sciences. The collaborators melt basaltic lava, similar to that found on the seafloor and erupted from volcanoes in Hawaii and Iceland, which is then released to produce natural-scale lava flows.
Newhouse student Chase Guttman ’18, an intern with Syracuse University’s Student Social Media Team, captured some of the flow.
Participants in the Central New York Earth Science Student Symposium view the Syracuse University Lava Project at the Comstock Art Facility.
Basaltic lava is melted and poured during a viewing of the Syracuse University Lava Project Saturday.
The fascinating process of lava was on display Saturday at the Comstock Art Facility.
Visitors check out the lava flow.
