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This tiny South Pacific island may not look like much. |
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But it was once a mountain that towered above the waves. |
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Now it barely breaks the surface. |
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Yet still it attracts a spectacular array of wildlife. |
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There are thousands of islands just like this scattered across the Pacific, |
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and all are teeming with life. |
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So what has reduced the mountains of the Pacific to this? |
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Almost seven miles deep, |
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the Pacific is the deepest body of water on the planet. |
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But sometimes, the seabed shoots to the surface. |
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Behold one of nature's rarest sights - the creation of a new island. |
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This is Kavachi in the Solomon Islands, |
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one of the most active undersea volcanoes in the world. |
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In the last 100 years, Kavachi's emerged above the waves just a handful of times, |
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but so far to no avail. |
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Powerful waves keep sweeping its efforts away. |
