In the first image from November 2022, the underwater mud volcano is solidly beneath sea level, with no discernable land ...

NASA scientists have been left baffled by satellite pictures showing a “ghost” island appearing – and then mysteriously ...

Scientists were intrigued after NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared just as ...

Allowing the Caspian Sea to succumb to industrial exploitation and climate-induced desiccation would be an irreversible ...

A mysterious island suddenly emerged on the surface of the Caspian Sea, only to disappear again in less than two years.

In 1863, a Russian paleontologist and mining engineer made his way through the Eocene strata of the Caucasus to the shores of ...

A 'ghost' island that suddenly appeared in the Caspian Sea in early 2023 is playing a centuries-long game of peekaboo with ...

A mysterious island appeared in the Caspian Sea in 2023 due to a mud volcano eruption and vanished by the following year, ...

A mysterious "ghost island" formed by an underwater mud volcano appeared in the Caspian Sea in 2023 only to vanish again ...

A mysterious island suddenly emerged on the surface of the Caspian Sea, only to disappear again in less than two years.

Three images of the "ghost island" that appeared off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea, dated from November 2022 (left), February 2023 (center) and December 2024 (right). | Credit ...