The The National Center for Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, for its English acronym) has revealed the amazing images of a volcano submarine who broke out Recently, which created an impressive show.
It is located around Kavachi, an underwater volcano located near the Solomon Islands, which has earned the nickname “Share‘, where a large number of sharks live in this area.
According to experts, in recent months, some NASA satellites have detected lighter-colored water plumes in the Pacific Ocean. Western Pacificare clear indications that the submarine volcano has erupted on several occasions.
Pictures were taken by Operational Earth Imaging -2 (OLI-2), a remote sensing instrument on board the Landsat 9 satellite.
Similarly, in a statement from NASA’s Earth Observatory, it was revealed that there are certain records reporting changes in the color of the water over the area where Sharkcano is located between April and May, although the volcano may have started to appear earlier. From October last year.
It is worth noting that this is not the first eruption of this submarine volcano, because before this activity, large eruptions were observed in Kavachi in 2007 and 2014, in addition to the fact that residents of neighboring islands often report visible steam and ash.
Named after the sea god of the Gatokae and Vangunu peoples, the island is also sometimes known as Rejo te Kvachi, meaning “Kavachi’s Furnace”, as volcanic activity is constantly reported in the area.
Since it first erupted in 1939, Kavachi has created ephemeral islands on several occasions, although the largest of the islands, one kilometer long, has been eroded and swept away by wave action.
It is currently estimated that the summit of the volcano lies 20 meters below sea level, while its base lies at a depth of 1.2 kilometers.
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