Two sailors in the Pacific ocean came across a giant volcanic rock floating in the Pacific ocean. The rock is moving towards Australia.
The volcanic rock covers 150km of an area over the water's surface, which is equivalent to the Manhattan city. It is also the same size as 20,000 football fields.
The volcanic rock is so big that NASA's space satellite can capture its image from space.
The pumice raft could probably rescue the struggling Great Barrier Reef by supporting marine life.
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Two sailors in the Pacific ocean came across a giant volcanic rock, which could be as big as Manhattan And, it is floating towards Australia, reported CNN.
The volcanic rock covers 150km of an area over the water's surface, which is equivalent to the Manhattan city. It is also the same size as 20,000 football fields. A pumice raft is a rock full of holes and cavities, and is formed after an eruption in the volcano. The rubble slick went as far as we could see: Sailors
The Australian couple sailing across the Pacific were the first to notice the giant rock on August 9.
"We entered a total rock rubble slick made up of pumice stones from marble to basketball size. The rubble slick went as far as we could see in the moonlight and with our spotlight," Michael Hoult and Larissa Brill wrote online on August 16.
The volcanic rock will help boosting the marine life of Australia's coral reef.
"A lot of life... can attach themselves to the pumice and be transported thousands of kms away. So it's a way to renew ecosystems somewhere, but it also can introduce invasive species," Dr Jutzeler told BBC.
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The biggest coral reef on earth, The Great Barrier Reef in Australia, is finding it tough to recover from the habitat destruction brought about by rising ocean temperatures.
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