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World's Coolest Lava is in Africa

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Lava spattering from the top of a small cone on the crater floor at Ol Doinyo Lengai, August 8,1990. Note the person at the base of the cone giving approximate scale. The black lava on the left side of the cone is fresh (erupted within the last hour); the white material on the right side of the cone was black when first erupted and became white over several months.