Vast volcanic 'raft' found in Pacific, near New Zealand
Source: BBC
A vast "raft" of volcanic rocks covering 10,000 sq miles (26,000 sq km) of ocean has been spotted by a New Zealand military aircraft.
A naval ship was forced to change course in order to avoid the cluster of buoyant rocks, located 1,000 miles off the New Zealand coast.
The unusual phenomenon was probably the result of pumice being released from an underwater volcano, experts said.
One navy officer described it as the "weirdest thing" he had seen at sea.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19207810
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Paging agents Mulder & Scully
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)Look out! Lake Taupo is gonna blow!!!!
okay not really....
http://www.geonet.org.nz/volcano/activity/taupo/index.html
But that is weird.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)- Thanks!
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Santorini for example :
After the Minoan Eruption
Mount Thera did not die as a result of the eruption. It started to reform, eventually poking its tip above the water in 197 BC. A number of islands have formed and reformed in the centre of the caldera. At present there are two, known as Paleo Kameni (Old Burnt Island) and Nea Kameni (New Burnt Island). These have erupted sporadically over the centuries. Nea Kameni erupted as recently as 1950 and is still smoking even today. These are minor affairs, however, compared with the mind-boggling scale of the previous eruptions. Volcanoes are unpredictable things, but it is likely that the Thera volcano will continue to grow until it is once again a major mountain, and maybe blow its top again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-lancashire/plain/A721117
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)just sail right through
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)hunter
(38,317 posts)I hope this really is pumice and not plastic.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)I hereby proclaim the Floating Kingdom of Sofa, of which I am sole regent. I'll be rowing out there with a bunch of tarps, zip ties, lawn chairs, and a bouncy-house which shall be my castle.
You bring the beer.
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)Who knew?
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Nature is fucking whack!