Congratulations to Dillion and Eric J.F. Kelijssen for solving the January Puzzler the fastest. The answer is Oobloyah Valley on Canada’s Ellesmere Island. The image features four glaciers—Nukapingwa, ...

98.5 x 73.4 cm. (38.8 x 28.9 in.) ...

“The talk is about this expedition two of us did on Ellesmere Island," Dunn told Black Press Media. "We were the first people to do that as a ski trip back in the early 90s. After a few ski journeys I ...

NASA has released images of a vanishing "ghost island" in the Caspian Sea captured by its satellites. The Kumani Bank mud volcano, also known as Chigil-Deniz, a feature located roughly 15 miles ...

A rare 'ghost island' appeared and quickly disappeared in the Caspian Sea after the eruption of Kumani Bank mud volcano off Azerbaijan's coast. NASA satellites captured the event, showing the ...

NASA's images suggest the island could have been approximately 1,300 feet long. It emerged at the end of January 2023 and vanished completely by the end of 2024.

It was a different kind of island getaway. Scientists were intrigued after NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared just as quickly. The phantom ...

A series of images from NASA's Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites have captured the island's appearance in the sea and its near-complete disappearance by the end of the following year. Satellite ...

Mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan have created similar short-lived islands. The first recorded eruption in 1861 formed a small landmass that eroded within a year. The volatile nature of these formations ...

In a remarkable display of Earth’s dynamic geology, NASA satellites have documented the sudden emergence and swift disappearance of a “ghost island” in the Caspian Sea. The event offers a rare glimpse ...