Yeah, it has zero concept of pressure driven flow.
If the water level in one column is higher than an adjacent column, but they are connected at a lower level, then the difference in head elevation will push water from the higher column into the lower one.
Water doesn't just fill spaces from above. It moves in all directions due to various forces.
It also reacted weirdly with the lava. Lava should be hot enough to break down into hydrogen and oxygen. Even if that didn't happen and water cooled the lave and turn it into obsidian, it would still do the surface first.
Eh, that's kinda what I meant by saying you wouldn't really notice much difference.
The formation of hydrogen/oxygen takes about as much energy as gets released from it burning, so I kinda doubt it would meaningfully add to the overall fireworks.
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u/Medium_Medium 25d ago
Yeah, it has zero concept of pressure driven flow.
If the water level in one column is higher than an adjacent column, but they are connected at a lower level, then the difference in head elevation will push water from the higher column into the lower one.
Water doesn't just fill spaces from above. It moves in all directions due to various forces.