A giant pumice island is drifting towards Australia after suddenly appearing from the ocean floor. Scientists say it’s great news.
Giant pumice ‘raft’ floating in the Pacific could help restore the Great Barrier Reef. Picture: NASA Earth Observatory“We entered a total rock rubble slick made up of pumice stones from marble to basketball size,” Michael Hoult and Larissa Brill said in“The waves were knocked back to almost calm and the boat was slowed to 1 knot. The rubble slick went as far as we could see in the moonlight and with our spotlight.
Matt added, “The rocks were king of closing in around us, so we couldn’t see our trail or our wake at all. We could just see the edge where it went back to regular water — shiny water — at night.”
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