Satellite imagery of Kumani Bank. The mud volcano's eruption led to the emergence of the phantom island. NASA According to NASA, the leftmost image shows the volcano's crest below the surface.

The "weird" sandy protrusion emerged in the Caspian Sea after a mud volcano erupted in early 2023. An artist's impression of Nasa's Landsat 8 satellite, which snapped the photos of the "ghost ...

NASA's Landsat 8 and 9 satellites captured images of the island on November 18 2022, February 14 2023, and December 25 2024. In November, the crest of the volcano remained below the sea surface.

per the images. It remained there until breaking the surface on February 14, 2023, leaving a trail of sedimentary plume in its wake. NASA satellite imaging suggested that the island — which ...

This particular island’s lifecycle began in November 2022, when the crest of the volcano was still submerged. An artist’s impression of Nasa’s Landsat 8 satellite, which snapped the photos ...

A transient “ghost island”, born from a mud volcano eruption ... coast of Azerbaijan. NASA's Earth Observatory tracked the island’s brief existence through images captured by the Operational ...

per the images. It remained there until breaking the surface on February 14, 2023, leaving a trail of sedimentary plume in its wake. The ghost island was located about 15 miles off of Azerbaijan. NASA ...

After a mud volcano erupted in early 2023, an island appeared in the Caspian Sea. It was recorded by a NASA satellite off the coast of ... 25 kilometers off the east coast of Azerbaijan. Satellite ...

In early 2023, an unusual event unfolded in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan - an island emerged from beneath the waves, courtesy of a mud volcano known as Kumani Bank, or Chigil-Deniz, ...