new island in the Pacific...miles of floating pumice

Sk8r · 11/09/2006, 11:24 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html

A yacht crew has reported mother earth has a new territory. There's been a lot of geologic bumping and thumping in that area, near Tonga, and looks as if something was indeed going on.

jeffbrig · 11/09/2006, 12:37 PM

So, if you happen across a new volcanic island, and call "dibs", do you get to keep it?

lessthanlights · 11/09/2006, 12:54 PM

i call dibs second it jeffbrig doesn't want it!

batguano · 11/09/2006, 01:31 PM

Sure, you got dibs, now you just have to wait 3,000 years for it to be habitable!

TWallace · 11/09/2006, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by batguano
Sure, you got dibs, now you just have to wait 3,000 years for it to be habitable!

3000 years?

batguano · 11/09/2006, 02:00 PM

So, I stand corrected by 2,999 years. I was close!

beetle-b · 11/09/2006, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TWallace
3000 years?

Cool link, some very interesting stuff

batguano · 11/09/2006, 02:10 PM

That is a cool link. It certainly changed my way of thinking. How old are the Hawaiian Islands, anyone know? I know that Kauai is the oldest and Hawaii is the youngest, actually there is a new island surfacing east of Hawaii, so I guess that is the youngest.

Sk8r · 11/09/2006, 04:15 PM

The chain off that hotspot evidently begins 60 million years ago and migrates to form Hawaii...

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/HCV/haw_formation.html

There's a great crack across the big island, as I recall its location, which, if it does peel off in a major subsea landslide, will send a tsunami of major proportions rolling in on California.

The general movement of land northeastward has sent a series of islands toward Oregon and Washington. I have a quaint mental image of them docking with what was the West Coast [the Idaho border] and little bits of subsea bouncing up from the ex-subduction zone like marshmallows in hot chocolate. We have very interesting geology around here. I embellish this image with palm trees waving on the shore of these erstwhile tropical isles, with bewildered dinos watching them crash.

Actually it was a bit slower than that. But it created some lovely bits: somewhere along I-90 is a killer outcrop of green serpentinite, which used to be fish poo and other junk in a deep subsea trench a long, long time ago.

DarkStar76 · 11/09/2006, 04:43 PM

I first read about the new island here:
http://www.inaniloquent.com/PermaLin...5-743b11376ea7
which pointed me to the FoxNews article.

Apparently, it has yet to be officially claimed.

batguano · 11/09/2006, 05:27 PM

sk8r, you are a writer! That was some very descriptive and entertaining language. Bravo.

Sk8r · 11/09/2006, 05:36 PM

The fish poo---or the hot chocolate? Lol! Thanks, Bat!

Nano Chris · 11/09/2006, 08:36 PM

Wow sounds interesting, what would you name it if it was your's?

batguano · 11/10/2006, 07:21 AM

Why, Guano Island, of course!

chrisstie · 11/10/2006, 07:48 AM

That certainly wouldn't get much tourist traffic with a name like that ;p

I'd like to vist the place and walk across it several times as pumice stones dont last long from the store ;p

11/09/2006, 11:24 AM	#1
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	new island in the Pacific...miles of floating pumice http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html A yacht crew has reported mother earth has a new territory. There's been a lot of geologic bumping and thumping in that area, near Tonga, and looks as if something was indeed going on. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

11/09/2006, 12:37 PM	#2
jeffbrig Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 5,548	So, if you happen across a new volcanic island, and call "dibs", do you get to keep it? __________________ Beware the power of stupid people in large groups..... Current Tank Info: formerly 250g room divider

11/09/2006, 01:31 PM	#4
batguano Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Riverhead, New York Posts: 130	Sure, you got dibs, now you just have to wait 3,000 years for it to be habitable! __________________ Jim "If anyone offers you pigeon milk, say no thanks." - Fat Man. Current Tank Info: sold livestock, drained and dismantled tanks and got out.

11/09/2006, 02:00 PM	#6
batguano Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Riverhead, New York Posts: 130	So, I stand corrected by 2,999 years. I was close! __________________ Jim "If anyone offers you pigeon milk, say no thanks." - Fat Man. Current Tank Info: sold livestock, drained and dismantled tanks and got out.

11/09/2006, 02:10 PM	#8
batguano Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Riverhead, New York Posts: 130	That is a cool link. It certainly changed my way of thinking. How old are the Hawaiian Islands, anyone know? I know that Kauai is the oldest and Hawaii is the youngest, actually there is a new island surfacing east of Hawaii, so I guess that is the youngest. __________________ Jim "If anyone offers you pigeon milk, say no thanks." - Fat Man. Current Tank Info: sold livestock, drained and dismantled tanks and got out.

11/09/2006, 12:54 PM	#3
lessthanlights Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 606	i call dibs second it jeffbrig doesn't want it!

11/09/2006, 04:15 PM	#9
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	The chain off that hotspot evidently begins 60 million years ago and migrates to form Hawaii... http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/HCV/haw_formation.html There's a great crack across the big island, as I recall its location, which, if it does peel off in a major subsea landslide, will send a tsunami of major proportions rolling in on California. The general movement of land northeastward has sent a series of islands toward Oregon and Washington. I have a quaint mental image of them docking with what was the West Coast [the Idaho border] and little bits of subsea bouncing up from the ex-subduction zone like marshmallows in hot chocolate. We have very interesting geology around here. I embellish this image with palm trees waving on the shore of these erstwhile tropical isles, with bewildered dinos watching them crash. Actually it was a bit slower than that. But it created some lovely bits: somewhere along I-90 is a killer outcrop of green serpentinite, which used to be fish poo and other junk in a deep subsea trench a long, long time ago. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

11/09/2006, 04:43 PM	#10
DarkStar76 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Louis County, Missouri Posts: 165	I first read about the new island here: http://www.inaniloquent.com/PermaLin...5-743b11376ea7 which pointed me to the FoxNews article. Apparently, it has yet to be officially claimed.

11/09/2006, 05:27 PM	#11
batguano Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Riverhead, New York Posts: 130	sk8r, you are a writer! That was some very descriptive and entertaining language. Bravo. __________________ Jim "If anyone offers you pigeon milk, say no thanks." - Fat Man. Current Tank Info: sold livestock, drained and dismantled tanks and got out.

11/09/2006, 05:36 PM	#12
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	The fish poo---or the hot chocolate? Lol! Thanks, Bat! __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

11/09/2006, 08:36 PM	#13
Nano Chris Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,758	Wow sounds interesting, what would you name it if it was your's? __________________ Chris ------- 34 Gallon Red Sea Max 130! Setup (Just got back into the hobby) Current Tank Info: 34 Gallon RedSeaMax!

11/10/2006, 07:21 AM	#14
batguano Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Riverhead, New York Posts: 130	Why, Guano Island, of course! __________________ Jim "If anyone offers you pigeon milk, say no thanks." - Fat Man. Current Tank Info: sold livestock, drained and dismantled tanks and got out.

11/10/2006, 07:48 AM	#15
chrisstie Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,727	That certainly wouldn't get much tourist traffic with a name like that ;p I'd like to vist the place and walk across it several times as pumice stones dont last long from the store ;p __________________ You lookin' at my wrasse? Current Tank Info: I find it odd that there are children starving in this country and yet we euthanize millions of stray dogs and cats every year and then incinerate the bodies. Not only that, but we make it illegal to butcher the meat. -MarkS