A huge cluster of
floating volcanic rocks covering almost 26,000 square kilometres (10,000
square miles) has been found drifting in the Pacific, the New Zealand
navy said Friday.
The strange phenomenon, which
witnesses said resembled a polar ice shelf, was made up of lightweight
pumice expelled from an underwater volcano, the navy said.
An air force plane spotted the
rocks on Thursday about 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) offshore from New
Zealand and warned a navy warship that it was heading towards them.
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