What Would Happen If You Dropped A Nuclear Bomb Into A Volcano?

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Tungurahua volcano eruption. Fotos593/Shutterstock.

A volcano is a lava-filled boil on the surface of the Earth, just waiting to build up enough pressure to spew out ash and lava. A nuclear bomb is an explosive, man-made weapon designed for destruction and chaos. It disintegrates everything in its local vicinity and irradiates everything in its range after that. But what happens when you combine one of man's most destructive creations with one of nature's?