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    Okay this is as cool as it gets. What you see here is volcanic stones floating out on the Pacific. It is part of a series of pictures taken by the yacht Maiken as it traveled through the Pacific in August, 2006. The pictures culminate in a volcano rising from the ocean and making a small new... more

    Reviewed by mrcclass Sep 15 2007, 10:38am ( 241 reviews ) • bentbay.dk

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  • Rated by Codygrrl07 on Oct 30, 12:28am

    Absolutely Awesome! Watch an island form in the middle of the ocean. Worth checking out~!

  • Rated by pilot4316 on Sep 13, 11:27pm

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Rated by bebe59 on Sep 13, 8:27pm

    This is magical!!

  • Rated by AllenSentance on Sep 13, 2:05am

    " This is such a incredible coincidence, to be able to actually see this; in the expanse of the Pacific Ocean!!!" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(Fisherman)

  • Rated by TCZapper on Aug 28, 3:16pm

    "Ian Wright, a marine geologist from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in Wellington, New Zealand, commented that prevailing currents and waves erode such pumice and cinder islands down to about 10 to 40 meters below the surface. A similar cycle of creation and destruction had occurred in 1984. He went on to say that the volcano would probably repeat this cycle every 10 to 200 years." http://volcanology.suite101.com/article.cfm/birth_of_tongan_island_caught_on _camera

  • Rated by heavenlybrew on Aug 25, 9:29am

    I want a yacht.

  • Rated by Fatallyours on Aug 23, 2:29am

    amazing. i'd be so freaked out once i saw all that sand out in the middle of the ocean.

  • Rated by TwoWorlds on Aug 22, 10:59pm

    Waaaaaiiiiit a minute...these people saw a new freakin' ISLAND being formed?! No fuckin' way...calling bullshit on this. Anyway, in case you haven't named it already you should totally name it Sexkill Island.