PaulS
Touchdown! Greaser!
First photographs of new island......
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...s-emerge-of-new-Pacific-island-off-Tonga.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...s-emerge-of-new-Pacific-island-off-Tonga.html
Marine life, most likely. Depending on what the surface is made of, it might erode away in months to a few years. Tephra, in particular, is very easily washed away. Even Surtsey is a lot smaller now than when it was first formed.The really amazing part is that in 10-20 years it will be absolutely teeming with plant and animal life. Almost magic how that happens.
Does anyone else remember Surtsey?
I mean, when it was formed... it's still there!
According to the Wikipedia article, Surtsey first formed in November 1963 and continued to grow through the mid '60s. I remember it because it was still in the news by the time I was old enough to pay attention to the news (plus, even as a kid I was something of a science geek) I think it may have been featured in a National Geographic special as well.Wasn't it formed in the early 1960s? Weirdly I can remember my father talking about Surtsey when I was a little kid. Haven't thought about it in just about that long.
Hopefully not in my lifetime...Wait until Yellowstone exhales.
I'm just concerned that the guy on the left is not wearing pants.
and they tell us sea levels are rising!
Wouldn't want to live there.
Nope.
Don't want to live anywhere that just blows up and turns into a boiling cauldron of lava and ash...
It's okay when you're on a boat. I was passing Krakatowa once when it belched, that was pretty cool because it spits Volkswagon sized glowing wads of lava in the air. Really cool at night.
From the looks of it though, it won't stay long unless the manage to get it planted with some cover. If they can get something to grow and form a root network, they may be able to stabilize it, but I doubt that's in the cards. Otherwise it looks like it's eroding very quickly. This isn't lava that solidifies on cooling like in Hawaii. This stuff will take a long time to form a sedimentary stone.
BuuullSh.....!
If I'm ever in a boat near a mountain that burps, we're gonna go ludicrous speed directly away from that mother......!
There are little things called Tsunami's and paraclastic flows that can ruin your day.
BuuullSh.....!
If I'm ever in a boat near a mountain that burps, we're gonna go ludicrous speed directly away from that mother......!
There are little things called Tsunami's and paraclastic flows that can ruin your day.
'they' aren't going to do anything of the kind. The land has to cool. The Ph of the water and ground has to become less acidic. How many million gallon buckets of rain will that take?
The scoria type pyroclastic accumulation is still unstable.
Not in deep water, you don't feel a tsunami until you get up in shallow water. Pyroclastic flow is what that island is, and it will wash away in a few storms.
Pants are not required by nature in Tonga, and in that culture are optional if you want. Lots of westerners wear banana hammocks in the SoPac.
Not sure why it should worry you though.
There were some sailor blogs written from boats in the area who said they had to leave the harbor (I do not remember which harbor) because the floating pumice was real bad for their hulls. Then they gave a very wide berth off from the area where the volcanic activity was occurring.
I guess it would be kinda neat to be sailing that area when she hiccups. That is if you don't mind swamping in a swirling gas bubble with heated toxic fumes. I'm talking of Hunga here. IIRC, last year there was a charter boat running sight seeing trips to the area.
My brother has a few hand sized volcanic bombs he's collected from various active volcanoes. Their aerodynamic shapes are clearly evident.
Volcano's are a nice place to visit.
I don't want to live anywhere near anything that shakes and spits out molten rock.
Hydrogen Sulfide ... the smell of it in the morning. I love it!
If it's H2S that you don't like smelling, then you better remove your arse
If it's H2S that you don't like smelling, then you better remove your arse
Oh yeah!, let's go live next to that pretty mountain! ... OMG! WTF IS THAT?
Not me...