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Every image below is a real-time frame, captured straight out of the simulator - no offline render, no retouching. Ground textures, height maps and skyboxes are built from photographs shot on Réunion Island ; the Dolomieu crater was refilled by the lava simulation itself, starting from the real 2008 topography !

Lava lake inside the Dolomieu crater, by day
Lava lake inside the Dolomieu crater, by day
Night lava flow in the small crater near Rosemont
Night lava flow in the small crater near Rosemont
Inside the Dolomieu crater, after the 2007 collapse
Inside the Dolomieu crater, after the 2007 collapse
Lava flow entering the small crater near Rosemont
Lava flow entering the small crater near Rosemont
Dawn over the Rivals crater
Dawn over the Rivals crater
Lava fountain in the Enclos Fouque caldera
Lava fountain in the Enclos Fouqué caldera
Inside the crater near Rosemont, close range
Inside the crater near Rosemont, close range
Night eruption under a storm, Rivals crater
Night eruption under a storm, Rivals crater
Dolomieu crater by night, before the 2007 collapse
Dolomieu crater by night, before the 2007 collapse
Rivals crater seen from the air
Rivals crater seen from the air
Lapilli - individual blocks with surface tessellation
Lapilli — individual blocks with surface tessellation
The plain south of the volcano - Saint-Philippe forest
The plain south of the volcano — Saint-Philippe forest
Storm cloud layer rolling over the plain
Storm cloud layer rolling over the plain
Piton de la Fournaise seen from the caldera cliffs
Piton de la Fournaise seen from the caldera cliffs
Pahoehoe lava lighting its own surroundings
Pahoehoe lava lighting its own surroundings
A cone grown entirely by the particle simulation
A cone grown entirely by the particle simulation
Behind the scenes

The tools
underneath

The application as visitors see it, and the editor we build the scenarios in.

Refilling the Dolomieu - the counter reads simulated lava volume
Refilling the Dolomieu — the counter reads simulated lava volume
The museum sandbox scenario, running on the touch table
The museum « sandbox » scenario, running on the touch table
Inside the editor - normal-map debug view of two simulated cones
Inside the editor — normal-map debug view of two simulated cones
Also

Stills only
go so far

Lava is a moving thing. The video page has captures of the solver actually running.

Watch the videos → How it is rendered →