Very few of the Earth's 1,500 potentially active volcanoes actually contain bubbling pools of lava. Only seven were known to exist. Now, after 30 years of research, scientists have discovered the planet's eighth lava lake on a remote, subantarctic island.
These lava lakes are so rare that before Wednesday only seven were known to exist. Now, after 30 years of research, a team of scientists have discovered the planet's eighth lava lake on a remote, subantarctic island.High resolution satellite images confirmed the existence of the lake on Mount Michael, an active volcano on Saunders Island in the South Sandwich Islands.
Back in the 1990s satellite images of Mount Michael showed what might be a lava lake but the imagery was too low resolution to confirm its existence. The remote location of Mount Michael also made capturing images of the volcano very difficult."Mount Michael is a volcano on a remote island in the Southern Ocean.
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