Bizarre Pacific rock 'ice shelf'

Saturday, August 11, 2012 0 comments
Fascinating.

"A huge cluster of floating volcanic rocks covering almost 26,000 square kms has been found drifting in the Pacific, the New Zealand navy said Friday.
The strange phenomenon, which witnesses said resembled a polar ice shelf, was made up of lightweight pumice expelled from an underwater volcano, the navy said.
An air force plane spotted the rocks on Thursday about 1,000 km offshore from New Zealand and warned a navy warship that it was heading towards them."

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