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BERNARDQUATERMASS
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|  New Message Posted!2008-07-23 11:36
Looking around the coast reminded me of being on the ferry from Orkney, to Gill near John O' Groats.
East towards the Pentland Skerries, appears to be where the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean collide. The North Sea was about two feet higher than the Atlantic, so there was a roiling step in the water.
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Andy B
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|  New Message Posted!2008-07-23 09:46
Click the link
http://www.shipais.com
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Aditi
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| New Message Posted!2008-07-23 06:53
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On 2008-05-12 20:09, Andy B wrote:
If you like maps of obscure things, you may also like this:
http://www.shipais.com
Live ship movements around the UK, They even collect photos of the various ships. Fascinating if you like this sort of thing.
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Cau you provide the map to follow the vessel traffic.
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[ This message was edited by: Andy B on 2008-07-23 09:45 ]
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chimera
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| New Message Posted!2008-05-13 08:37
What floats your boat? Megalithic rocking movements:
The WoodenBoat Forum > Misc. Boat Related
(quote)"Pumice Rafts?
#1 11-09-2006, 09:49 AM
Kim Whitmyre
Two Huller Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Southern California
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new island
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A new volcanic island has risen from the South Pacific near Tonga, according to reports from two vessels that passed the area.
The crew of the Maiken, a yacht that left the northern Tongan islands group of Vava'u in August, reported on their Web log on August 12 that they saw streaks of light, porous pumice stone floating in the water -- then "sailed into a vast, many-miles-wide belt of densely packed pumice."
They posted photos of huge "pumice rafts" that they encountered after passing Tonga's Late island while sailing toward Fiji.
"We were so fascinated and busy taking pictures that we plowed a couple of hundred meters into this surreal floating stone field before we realized that we had to turn back," wrote a crewman identified only as Haken.
The next day they spotted an active volcanic island, Haken wrote.
He said they could see the volcanic island clearly. "One mile in diameter and with four peaks and a central crater smoking with steam and once in a while an outburst high in the sky with lava and ashes. I think we're the first ones out here," he reported.
There was no official confirmation of a new island, either from Tonga's Ministry of Lands or the Tonga Defense Service.
Separately, fishing boat captain Siaosi Fenukitau reported seeing the volcanic island, the Matangitonga news Web site reported.
Richard Wunderman, editor of the Washington-based Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, said "a large pumice raft presumably from Tonga has been sweeping across Fiji, and we are trying to learn about its origins."
A previous eruption in the area generated a small island and similar fields of floating pumice, he said.
Pumice rafts drifted to Fiji in 1979 and 1984 from eruptions around Tonga, and some were reportedly 30 kilometers (19 miles) wide, the Matangitonga reported. "
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2008-05-12 20:09
If you like maps of obscure things, you may also like this:
http://www.shipais.com
Live ship movements around the UK, They even collect photos of the various ships. Fascinating if you like this sort of thing.
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