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Level 2 – Pre-intermediate
The birth of an island
In May 2000 an international team of scientists witnessed the birth of a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, near the Solomon Islands. The underwater volcano Kavachi, which had been dormant for over nine years, started erupting.
Molten ash shot 500 metres into the air every five minutes and formed a beach just above the surface of the sea. The scientists were able to get to within 750 metres of the volcano and they filmed the eruptions over a period of 20 hours. They were extremely lucky because an event like this is very rare.
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