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In Greece, the largest volcanic eruption of the last 1 million years did not originate from Santorini. Rather, it occurred from a now primarily submarine caldera to the west of the island of Nisyros (VEI 7)! It’s truly impressive to imagine all of this pumice was emplaned in less than an hour.

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Amazing. And now they mine it. We are waiting to see if we get another raft of pumice from Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’Api and how long if will take to reach our beaches.