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Rare event: When This Boat Crew Realized What They Were Seeing, It Was Almost Too Late To Escape

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Rare event: When This Boat Crew Realized What They Were Seeing, It Was Almost Too Late To Escape

We don’t really think about it on a daily basis, but the Earth is still changing all the time.

It just happens so slowly that we can’t really perceive it. But every now and then, things speed up… a lot.

 

Recently, the crew of the Maiken was enjoying a leisurely sail through the South Pacific when they spotted a strange discoloration on the water.

They moved in closer to inspect it, but by the time they realized what it was, it was too late.

The crew of the Maiken was sailing the South Pacific when they spotted an unusual shadow.

 

Rare event

 As they got closer, what they had taken to be a sandbar revealed itself to be something else entirely.

A huge amount of pumice stone was floating to the surface of the water. It looked like a beach.

Rare event

They decided to get a closer look and redirected their yacht towards it.

It looks like a beach in the middle of the ocean!


The crew decided to sail through it, leaving a break in the stone behind them as they went.

They wondered what could have caused this expanse of stone to suddenly appear.

They wondered what could have caused this expanse of stone to suddenly appear.

Once they were a safe distance away, they heard a faint rumbling. Looking back they saw water bubbling from the surface.

 

Rare event

The source of the pumice stone was an underwater volcano that was actually erupting at the time!

Rare event

They anchored to watch this tremendous event. Massive plumes of smoke filled the sky.

They anchored to watch this tremendous event. Massive plumes of smoke filled the sky.

It was land!

Rare event

The stunned crew couldn’t believe what they were seeing: It was the actual birth of a new island.

They sailed a little bit closer to see if their eyes were playing tricks on them.

But it was real. The peaks of this new land mass were already taking form.

 

 

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