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Sailors encounter floating pumice ‘raft’ drifting across the Pacific Ocean

(LONDON) — Sailors in the South Pacific were surprised this month to find themselves sailing through a sea of stone. Australian couple Michael and Larissa Hoult were on their yacht en route to Fiji ...
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Raft of Pumice Drifts Across The Pacific As Seen From Space

Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 21 August 2019, this image features a huge raft of pumice rock drifting in the Pacific Ocean. The pumice is believed to have come from an underwater ...
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Giant Pumice Raft Floating Toward Australia Could Help Replenish Great Barrier Reef

An underwater volcano is thought to have produced a sheet of pumice that stretches 58 square miles. A massive raft made of pumice stones is floating toward Australia, carrying marine organisms that ...
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Giant Pumice Raft Floating Toward Australia Could Help Replenish Great Barrier Reef

A massive raft made of pumice stones is floating toward Australia, carrying marine organisms that scientists say could help replenish Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Some of the stones are as large as ...