A mysterious island emerged and then vanished from the surface of the Caspian Sea within less than two years. Experts identified this phenomenon thanks to images provided by NASA. According to Science ...

A mysterious island suddenly emerged on the surface of the Caspian Sea, only to disappear again in less than two years. Thanks to NASA images, experts noticed it. Science Alert reports that the island ...

Kumani Bank fading from view. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. An island created by the eruption of a mud volcano in the ...

Based in Almaty, the institute has long been at the forefront of Caspian seal research. Scientists at the institute conduct ...

The island was spotted by satellite in the 143,200-square-mile Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia, NASA says. NASA photo Like some sort of modern Atlantis, a “ghost” island has largely ...

A transient “ghost island”, born from a mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea, has captivated researchers. The island emerged in early 2023, only to recede into the sea by the end of 2024 ...

This is hardly the first time the ghost island of the Kumani Bank has appeared ... off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The NASA Earth Observatory has released a series of images ...

The Caspian Sea has witnessed a bizarre phenomenon. A temporary island formed off the coast of Azerbaijan and disappeared, all within a couple of years. The island, created by a mud volcano ...

And did it have anything to do with the ever-burning flames seen on nearby Dashly Island? Two centuries later, NASA geologists reviewing satellite footage of the Caspian Sea found themselves ...

A rare 'ghost island' appeared and quickly disappeared in the Caspian Sea after the eruption of Kumani Bank mud volcano off Azerbaijan's coast. NASA satellites captured the event, showing the ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery. | Credit: NASA Earth ...