Comments - The Pacific Ring of Fire is....well, on fire! - Earth Changes and the Pole Shift2024-03-29T05:35:34Zhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3863141%3ABlogPost%3A1028465&xn_auth=noNZ scientist discovers huge u…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2017-01-31:3863141:Comment:10312432017-01-31T14:29:19.771Zjorge namourhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/jorgenamour
<p><strong>NZ scientist discovers huge undersea eruption</strong></p>
<p>Tuesday Jan 31, 2017</p>
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<p>The vast plume measures 30km long and 20km wide, not far from a newly-formed island and…</p>
<p><strong>NZ scientist discovers huge undersea eruption</strong></p>
<p>Tuesday Jan 31, 2017</p>
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<p>The vast plume measures 30km long and 20km wide, not far from a newly-formed island and just 33km off the coast of Tonga's main island Tongatapu (bottom right). Photo / Nasa</p>
<p>A Kiwi scientist has unexpectedly discovered what appears to be a huge undersea volcanic eruption near the main island of Tonga.</p>
<p>For the past two years, University of Auckland coastal geomorphologist Dr Murray Ford has been using satellite images to track the evolution of a kilometre-wide island of ash and large rock fragments, created by a large eruption in December 2014 and January 2015.</p>
<p>But when scanning images today, he observed a vast plume measuring 30km long and 20km wide, not far from the newly-formed island and just 33km off the coast of Tonga's main island Tongatapu.</p>
<p>The plume, appearing as a greenish cloud in the ocean, was captured by the open-source US Geological Survey/NASA Landsat 8 satellite on January 27.</p>
<p>"It's come out of nowhere," said Ford, who immediately contacted volcanologists at the university who had recently travelled to Tonga.</p>
<p>"It was pretty unusual to get an image without any cloud in it - and then I saw this big, turbid plume of volcanic debris, so I checked in with our volcanologists to see what was going on."</p>
<p>GNS Science volcanologist Brad Scott said scientists were now making contact with colleagues in Tonga and notifying the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre, although the erupted material appeared to be contained to the ocean.</p>
<p>Satellite images analysed this afternoon showed the plume emerging early last week and growing larger.</p>
<p>"We are now relatively confident that these images are representing a submarine eruption," Scott said. CONTINUE...</p> tag:poleshift.ning.com,2016-12-26:3863141:Comment:10293552016-12-26T12:32:33.967ZMarkhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/Mark486
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<p>Another Pacific burp:…</p>
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<p>Another Pacific burp:</p>
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<p>Dino of White Island<br></br> 16 hrs ·</p>
<p>Ocean bubbles seen in Kaikoura: RNZ Checkpoint - YOUTUBE (RNZ)- <strong>NEW ZEALAND</strong></p>
<p>Published on 22 Nov 2016. There's something bubbling in the water in Kaikoura. Kaikoura Kayaks owner Matt Foy says he discovered bubbles on the surface of the water - something he's never seen before.…</p>
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<p>Dino of White Island<br/> 16 hrs ·</p>
<p>Ocean bubbles seen in Kaikoura: RNZ Checkpoint - YOUTUBE (RNZ)- <strong>NEW ZEALAND</strong></p>
<p>Published on 22 Nov 2016. There's something bubbling in the water in Kaikoura. Kaikoura Kayaks owner Matt Foy says he discovered bubbles on the surface of the water - something he's never seen before.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GNzBXEFYDM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GNzBXEFYDM</a></p>
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<p><strong>6.1<br/> 131km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea</strong><br/>
2016-12-10 16:24:36 (UTC)<br/>
157.1 km <a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20007ztn#executive" target="_blank">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20007ztn#executive</a></p>
<p><strong>6.1<br/> 131km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea</strong><br/>
2016-12-10 16:24:36 (UTC)<br/>
157.1 km <a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20007ztn#executive" target="_blank">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20007ztn#executive</a></p> Comment by Nancy Lieder on Ap…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2016-12-10:3863141:Comment:10286452016-12-10T14:43:00.688Zjorge namourhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/jorgenamour
<p>Comment by Nancy Lieder on April 13, 2014 at 2:01pm</p>
<p>The 7 of 10 plate movements seem to be picking up the pace. The brake is lifting! Note that quakes in the Solomon Islands seem continuous, and are almost hand in hand with the large quakes in Chile.</p>
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<p>Comment by Nancy Lieder on April 13, 2014 at 2:01pm</p>
<p>The 7 of 10 plate movements seem to be picking up the pace. The brake is lifting! Note that quakes in the Solomon Islands seem continuous, and are almost hand in hand with the large quakes in Chile.</p>
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<p>Lots of aftershocks in the Solomon Islands! Still continuing strong!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/medien-kommunikation/aktuelle-erdbebeninformationen/" target="_blank">http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/medien-kommunikation/aktuelle-erdbebeninformationen/…</a></p>
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<p>Lots of aftershocks in the Solomon Islands! Still continuing strong!</p>
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<p></p> November 24 at 2:51am ·
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<p>November 24 at 2:51am <br></br> ·<br></br> Nobody Knows Where This Big Raft of Pumice Came From - WIRED</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/11/nobody-knows-big-raft-pumice-came/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2016/11/nobody-knows-big-raft-pumice-came/</a></p>
<p>23 NOVEMBER 2016. LAST WEEK, A Royal New Zealand Air Force flight spotted a new pumice raft in the middle of the Pacific ocean to the west of Tonga. Pumice rafts are floating islands of pumice created during a submarine…</p>
<p>November 24 at 2:51am <br/> ·<br/>
Nobody Knows Where This Big Raft of Pumice Came From - WIRED</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/11/nobody-knows-big-raft-pumice-came/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2016/11/nobody-knows-big-raft-pumice-came/</a></p>
<p>23 NOVEMBER 2016. LAST WEEK, A Royal New Zealand Air Force flight spotted a new pumice raft in the middle of the Pacific ocean to the west of Tonga. Pumice rafts are floating islands of pumice created during a submarine volcanic eruption and they can persist for months or longer. This raft was seen by aircraft and satellite in an area with no known volcanoes. However, from the looks of the raft, it might be a long way from home. The pumice is strung out in long streamers, suggesting it has been smeared and distorted by ocean currents and weather as the pumice floats along the ocean surface.</p>
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<p>The pumice raft (tan) and eruption plume (white in bottom center-right) from the 2012 eruption of Havre in Tonga/Kermadec arc. This is an example of a pumice raft that was eventually traced to its source.NASA Earth Observatory</p>
<p>This is, by no means, the first time an orphaned pumice raft has been spotted. Back in 2012, a pumice raft was seen by a research vessel in an area near the Kermadec Islands. With a little sleuthing using satellite images, Rob Simmon (Planet Labs) and I were able to trace the source of the eruption to a seamount called Havre (see below) that had no other known historical eruption.</p>
<p>The area where the pumice raft was spotted is bounded by volcanic arcs: Vanuatu to the north, Tonga to the east, Kermadec arc to the southeast. Ocean currents in the area would likely have pushed the pumice from the east to the west,</p>
<p>couldn’t find any evidence for eruptive activity going back all the way to early October.</p>
<p>So, they could have been the source and we might never see the surface manifestation of the eruption. Or, the pumice might have been from a hitherto unknown (or underappreciated) submarine volcano in the Tonga arc, which makes finding the source especially challenging with so much ocean to cover.</p>