Trees.
Made of wood
Covered by lava while still standing
- Yup - no ashes or cindering - in fact the picture shows bark on the out side of the hunk hes holding
I believe we must remember the “fire triangle” here when wondering “Why, if trees covered by lava, would they still have their bark?”
To have combustion, one must have 3 elements: A heat source (the lava), fuel (the bark) and oxygen (not present if the trees were covered quickly by the lava; the lack of oxygen is further shown by the presence of the wood itself, for if there was sufficient oxygen to consume the bark, the entire tree would’ve been consumed).
To deny that these trees are surrounded by lava would be to deny basic geological practices that can determine what kind of rock a rock is. Thus, we must conclude they were covered by a “flood of lava”, not a flood of water. The presence of the bark is inconsequential and fully explainable by the logic above.
Dear Rev,
Consider that ash often precedes lava, and that a small amount of ash might, just might, have prevented bark combusion.
Not to mention that the bark on the outside might well have been thick enough to protect the rest of the tree.
And, was the encasing rock molten or did it solidify in place around the tree?
I ask these questions because the evos versus the crevos bit seems to go nowhere.