Submerged volcano in Alaska produced giant explosive gas bubbles bigger than a sports arena

The bubbles are the result of magma being rapidly cooled by water as it shoots out of underwater vents.

Evidence from passing ships has indicated that submerged volcanoes like Bogoslof release giant bubbles that create violent explosions around the sea surface—a phenomenon that is the result of magma being rapidly cooled by water as it shoots out of submarine vents.

For the latest study, Lyons and colleagues deployed low-frequency microphones—which detect"infrasound"—in the ocean 37 miles south of the underwater volcano in order to examine the bubble explosions.Over a period of nine months, they observed the volcano, during which it erupted more than 70 times.

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