At least you'd go out in a blaze of glory

The movie "Volcano" made a hash of what would happen (or not happen) to human bodies in proximity to red-hot lava.  And there's been speculation on what would REALLY happen, not that anyone was stepping to volunteer for this once-in-a-life-ending-time experiment.  (Really now, hasn't someone who donated their body to science ever suggested this as a novel form of cremation)? But given that the actual thing wasn't possible, some enterprising researchers decided to toss a trash bag weighing approximately as much as a human into the lava lake at Erta Ale.

The results were, somewhat surprisingly, worthy of a Viking warrior funeral.

The Joe vs. the volcano experiment