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When waves splash onto molten lava, they "explode" in a cloud of st...

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When waves splash onto molten lava, they "explode" in a cloud of steam, hot water, and tephra (molten splatter) called a "tephra jet," captured during this helicopter overflight of the ocean entry near Vacationland.