The Washington Post
Geology Professor Analyzes Realistic Components of Mount Doom
Saturday, October 15, 2022,
By Julia Mazzer
, professor of environmental sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, shared his expertise in the Washington Post article 鈥�.鈥� The article highlights some of the realistic components about the eruption of Mount Doom in the fantasy television show 鈥淭he Rings of Power.鈥� Professor Karson offers his expert advice about the fictional volcano and states, 鈥渢he steam can be very explosive and even blow rocks apart 鈥� but this would require some entrapment of the water that could be funneled and amplified in a bottleneck, like your thumb on a garden hose.鈥�