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Sent from my iPad On May 2, 2012, at 21:17, Franciscus B Sinartio <fbsinar...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Subject: Fw: AN AMAZING SIGHT IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> A yacht was traveling in the south Pacific when the crew came across a weird >> sight. Look at these photos and try to imagine the thrill of experiencing >> this phenomenon. >> >> <THISISRE1.jpg> >> A BEACH? >> <THISISRE2.jpg> No! This is not a beach. >> >> >> <THISISRE3.jpg> >> It's volcanic stones floating on the water. >> <THISISRE4.jpg> >> >> WHERE IS THE VOLCANO? >> >> >> <THISISRE5.jpg> >> AN UNBELIEVABLE SIGHT, SO I HAD TO TAKE PICTURES BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD >> BELIEVE IT! >> <THISISRE6.jpg> >> THE WAKE FROM MY YACHT. >> <THISISRE7.jpg> >> WE STAYED ON THE EDGE OF THE WATER. THEN THIS WAS SPOTTED: >> ASH AND STEAM RISING FROM THE OCEAN. >> >> >> <THISISRE8.jpg> >> And, while WE were watching, >> >> <THISISRE9.jpg> >> a plume of black ash, a HUGE CLOUD. >> COVERING EVERYTHING IN RED, EVEN THIS FAR AWAY. >> >> >> <THISISRE10.jpg> >> >> THEN THE SKY TURNS BLACK WITH ASH AND THE OCEAN TURNS GOLD >> FROM THE SUN'S REFLECTION. >> >> >> <THISISRE11.jpg> >> OUT OF THE OCEAN, MOUNTAIN PEAKS ARISE? >> >> <THISISRE12.jpg> >> MORE ERUPTIONS; ASH AND CLOUDS. >> <THISISRE13.jpg> >> THEN MOUNTAIN PEAKS RISE HIGHER WITHIN MINUTES. >> >> >> <THISISRE14.jpg> >> AND A BRAND-NEW ISLAND IS FORMED! >> >> >> <THISISRE15.jpg> >> CREATION OF MOUNTAINS >> >> <THISISRE16.jpg> >> >> CAN YOU IMAGINE THE THRILL OF BEING THE FIRST AND ONLY PEOPLE >> TO WITNESS A NEW ISLAND BEING CREATED >> WHERE THERE WAS NOTHING THERE BEFORE? >> >> >> Commentary: >> This email forward arrives with a series of photographs that depict a >> yacht's encounter with a large area of floating volcanic stones and the >> apparent birth of a new volcanic island in the South Pacific Ocean. Although >> the images are certainly unusual, they are genuine. Both the phenomena of >> the floating stones and the newly formed volcanic island have now been well >> documented by a variety of reliable sources including NASA. >> >> The images in the email were taken from a post on the blog operated by >> Fredrik Fransson and the crew of the yacht 'Maiken'. In August 2006, the >> Maiken was sailing in the South Pacific near Tonga when it came across a >> large area of floating volcanic stones (pumice). When lava with a high gas >> and water content erupts from a volcano and then cools it can produce >> pumice, a very light rock material filled with gas bubbles. Pumice is the >> only kind of rock that can float on water. A large mass of pumice floating >> on the ocean surface is known as a "pumice raft". >> >> The Maiken attempted to sail into this massive pumice raft but was soon >> forced to turn back: >> And then we sailed into a vast, many miles wide, belt of densely packed >> pumice. We were going by motor due to lack of wind and within seconds Maiken >> slowed down from seven to one knot. We were so fascinated and busy taking >> pictures that we plowed a couple of hundred meter into this surreal floating >> stone field before we realized that we had to turn back. Just as we came out >> of the stone field and entered reasonably normal water we noticed that there >> came no cooling water from the engine. >> Several other vessels in the region at the time also observed large pumice >> rafts. >> >> The day after their encounter with the pumice raft, the Maiken crew >> discovered the volcano itself: >> A couple of hours ago we identified the active volcano as the one close to >> Home reef, and we are on our way there now to take a closer look. >> We are two miles from it and we can see the volcano clearly. One mile in >> diameter and with four peaks and a central crater smoking with steam and >> once in a while an outburst high in the sky with lava and ashes. >> I think were the first ones out here so perhaps we could claim the island >> and name them(?) >> >> The following satellite image published by NASA's Earth Observatory clearly >> shows a large pumice raft as well as the new island: >> <THISISRE17.jpg> >> >> >> >> > <ape.gif> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PP-IAGI 2011-2014: > Ketua Umum: Rovicky Dwi Putrohari, rovicky[at]gmail.com > Sekjen: Senoaji, ajiseno[at]ymail.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jangan lupa PIT IAGI 2012 di Jogjakarta tanggal 17-20 September 2012. > Kirim abstrak ke email: pit.iagi.2012[at]gmail.com. 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