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Enormous Underwater Volcanic Eruption Creates Waves of Pumice Off Japan
Newsweek ^ | 28 October 2021 | HANNAH OSBORNE

Posted on 10/29/2021 2:49:49 AM PDT by blueplum

The biggest underwater volcanic eruption Japan has seen since the end of WWII has left shores covered in pumice stone. In one video, stones are seen covering the waves, while images show fishing ports inundated with volcanic rock.

The volcano, Fukutoku-Okanoba, is situated on the Ogasawara island chain, about 800 miles from Tokyo. It sits about 25 meters below the surface of the sea....

...Huge quantities of pumice stone ejected from the volcano have now started washing up along coastlines in the Okinawa Prefecture....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: boninislands; earthquake; earthquakes; fukutoku; fukutokuokanoba; japan; mountaso; ogasawaraisland; pumice; pumicestone; quake; quakes; underwatereruptions; volcano; volcanoes
the pumice makes a kind of sandpaper-y sound as the waves lap at the beach.

video at link

1 posted on 10/29/2021 2:49:49 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

another oddity:
WWII ‘ghost ships’ appear in Japan after volcanic eruption
https://www.9news.com.au/world/wwii-ghost-ships-appear-in-japan-after-fukutoku-okanoba-volcanic-eruption/1f34b38d-2e1c-4b19-b4ef-4c17e217b9cf


2 posted on 10/29/2021 2:50:54 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: blueplum

I must be the climate change!


3 posted on 10/29/2021 3:10:52 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHGreco RomNQkryIIs)
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To: blueplum

Cool!


4 posted on 10/29/2021 3:42:35 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick

Someone needs to load that stuff up and make some money.


5 posted on 10/29/2021 4:06:29 AM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Salamander

Yep! It’s raining soup, if they can organize to exploit it.


6 posted on 10/29/2021 4:22:15 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (qd4)
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To: Salamander

Talk to these guys...

https://m.lavasoap.com/lava-bar.php


7 posted on 10/29/2021 4:23:51 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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Yes, they and many other industries use pumice.

Lots of uses for polishing stuff.

Freaky but cool video.

/super happy it’s not going on in my back yard, though :D


8 posted on 10/29/2021 4:55:45 AM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Salamander

There’s a lot of that going on. Kilauea, La Palma.

Horrifying factoid: At least half of the residences affected by both volcanos were/are under or uninsured.

Sigh.


9 posted on 10/29/2021 4:57:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: blueplum
Pumice works great for sanding a few coats of paint off a cabinet door. However the rock disappears rather quickly. I tried it and it works.
10 posted on 10/29/2021 5:17:45 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Freedom is just an injection away Comrades.)
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To: Salamander

I agree.


11 posted on 10/29/2021 5:38:32 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Naturally, if it were raining soup, many would have brought their forks but not their spoons.


12 posted on 10/29/2021 5:45:30 AM PDT by Prospero (Lex est rex)
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To: blueplum

Bookmark 🔖🔖🔖


13 posted on 10/29/2021 6:02:13 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: mewzilla
What I’ve read is that the Spanish Gov. will buy the properties lost on La Palma - not sure how they value them though.

As for Kilauea it's hard to get insurance when you buy land in an active volcanic zone (it's cheap though). They are rated 1-5 and IIRC Zone 1 is the most active, ie. the rift zone.

14 posted on 10/29/2021 6:20:10 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Prospero; Salamander

15 posted on 10/29/2021 6:34:09 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: 1FreeAmerican

It is amazing the difference in housing prices on the Big Island of HI. A house on the Kona side is 4x the price of one on the Hilo side. Of course, it rains a little more on the Hilo side.


16 posted on 10/29/2021 6:44:33 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: blueplum

it’s getting thick and starting to cause an issue with boats, clogging intakes, etc.

more video:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/volcanic-pumice-stones-fill-japanese-beach/vi-AAQ6lCb?ocid=msedgntp


17 posted on 10/29/2021 6:40:39 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: mewzilla

unique video clip from LaPalma - lava bomb! (I’ve been watching this crazy volcano for weeks - spectacular!)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-rolling-lava-bomb-erupts-from-the-spanish-volcano/vi-AAQ5H2W?ocid=msedgntp


18 posted on 10/29/2021 7:14:31 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: 1FreeAmerican

It’s hard, but not impossible.

From 2018...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/05/15/hawaii-volcano-homeowners-insurance-cover-leilani-estates/610520002/


19 posted on 10/29/2021 7:20:39 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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