Take the tour ×  I was reading about lava lakes and got to
wondering: have there been any Discovery or other scientific
documentary TV specials about them?  I'm curious to know if
there are any real-life examples that get even close to what
science fiction usually portrays.  share|improve this question
add comment  1 Answer  There was a 30-minute documentary called
Lava Lake Acid Lake by volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft.
The Kraffts were famous for close-up photography of lava flows,
and in fact, died in Japan in 1991 (along with 41 other people)
when a lava flow suddenly changed direction. Their documentary
appears to have been released on disc in 2006 by Learning Media
of America (Las Vegas) - that company, which distributed
educational films for free, may now be out of business, their
former web address (lmofa.com) having been subsumed by someone
else. The World Catalog shows a few libraries with the disc, so
you could ask your local library to try to get it through
interlibrary loan. At most public