There is life in any part of Earth’s splendor, and it is even more surprising that we discover incredible truths in a habitat that does not belong to us. It was in the Solomon Islands that a NASA satellite captured the exact moment when the massive underwater volcano Kavachi emerged.It erupted deep into the Pacific Ocean, home to some aquatic animals.
About 24 kilometers south of an island called Vangunu, Kavachi earned the nickname “Sharkano” (a mix of English words for shark and volcano) after a scientific expedition (2015) found two species of sharks (silky, scalloped hammer) to “live in the crater.”
of gelatinous animals, small fish and It raises new questions about the sharks inside the active crater, the ecology of active underwater volcanoes, and the extreme environments in which large marine animals can exist.”The scientists wrote in the paper Exploring Sharkcano.
The fact that Kavachi not only contains a mountain of fire, but is home to sharks and other organisms that have survived the hostile environment with the surrounding sulfuric element has caught the attention of NASA and other organizations. Since then, experts have been investigating the creatures that live in and around Kavachi, which is considered one of the most active underwater volcanoes in the Pacific.
Now, NASA’s Earth Observatory has shared satellite images of the erupting Kavachi volcano. Taken on May 14, 2022, the photo was taken using the powerful Operational Terrain Imager telescope and showed a colorless water column radiating from this geological structure. The phenomenon lasted “a few days in April and more than 2022,” according to the space agency.
“Before this last activity, large eruptions were observed at Kavachi in 2014 and 2007. The volcano erupts almost continuously, residents of nearby inhabited islands often report visible steam and ash… The island is named after a sea god of Gatokae and Vangunu peoples and sometimes known as Rejo te Kvachi or Kavachi’s Furnace,” NASA said in a statement.
Wikipedia states that the Solomon Islands are an independent island nation located in Oceania and are part of the Commonwealth of Nations. Its main economic activity is based on subsistence agriculture, fishing and forestry.
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