Floating rock island may be from underwater volcano, pumice
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Floating rock island may be from underwater volcano, pumice
Description
August 26, 2019
An “island” of pumice floated in the South Pacific, west-southwest of Raoul Island in New Zealand. The pumice, covering an area about the size of Belgium, was first spotted by a Royal New Zealand Air Force patrol on Aug. 9, 2012 and was investigated by a Royal New Zealand Navy ship that was ferrying a group of scientists to Raoul Island.
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Floating rock island may be from underwater volcano, pumice00:40 | August 26, 2019 -
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Floating rock island may be from underwater volcano, pumice00:40 | August 26, 2019
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Description
August 26, 2019
An “island” of pumice floated in the South Pacific, west-southwest of Raoul Island in New Zealand. The pumice, covering an area about the size of Belgium, was first spotted by a Royal New Zealand Air Force patrol on Aug. 9, 2012 and was investigated by a Royal New Zealand Navy ship that was ferrying a group of scientists to Raoul Island.
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