The Birth of an Island

[wiggles]

August 2006, the yacht 'Maiken' is traveling in the south Pacific when they came across a weird sight...

It was sand in the water, and floating ON TOP of the waves...

This is not a beach, it is volcanic stones floating on the water.

The trail left by the yacht...

And then this was spotted... ash and steam rising from the ocean...

And, while they were watching...

A brand new island formed...

A plume of black ash...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/maiken.asp

 

[ErikViking]

Amazing.

 

[KarlMarx]

Will the inhabitants of the island be expected to adide by the terms of the Kyoto treaty?

 

[ErikViking]

If an island pops up like that... is it yours if you´re the first one to set foot on it?

 

[KarlMarx]

If an island pops up like that... is it yours if you´re the first one to set foot on it?

Finders keepers, losers weepers?

 

[wiggles]

If an island pops up like that... is it yours if you´re the first one to set foot on it?

You have to plant a flag in it.