NASA satellites discover source of mysterious volcanic debris in South Pacific

While on a routine patrol late last week a New Zealand Defense Force patrol craft spotted a massive area of pumice floating in the South Pacific from an unknown source. Teaming up with NASA, volcanologists today pinpointed the source of a raft of debris covering thousands of square miles. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com including satellite imagery of the undersea eruption.

A photo of the pumice raft when it was first spotted by a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Orion aircraft. (RNZAF)
A photo of the pumice raft when it was first spotted by a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Orion aircraft. (RNZAF)

 

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