--- description: The results are surprisingly beautiful title: Here's What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into a Watermelon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into a Watermelon by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2015 5:09 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2015 5:09 PM CUT You’ve probably never wondered what it’s like to pour liquid metal into a piece of fruit, but why not find out? The YouTuber known as [The Backyard Scientist,](https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBackyardScientist/about "undefined") who performs strange and potentially dangerous experiments in the name of science, decided to pour molten aluminum directly into a hollowed-out watermelon. Just to see what happened. Turns out the results were much cooler than he expected. He thought the watermelon would just explode — which would be cool too, because explosions — but the aluminum ended up creating a cast of the inside of the watermelon. Even though this experiment produced some interesting science-art, we really don’t recommend trying this on your own. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3840289/molten-aluminum-poured-in-watermelon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3840289/molten-aluminum-poured-in-watermelon/"},"headline":"Here's What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into a Watermelon","datePublished":"2015-04-29T17:09:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:17.205Z","description":"The results are surprisingly beautiful","url":"https://time.com/3840289/molten-aluminum-poured-in-watermelon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Science topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3840289/molten-aluminum-poured-in-watermelon/","name":"Here's What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into a Watermelon"}}]}] ```