Sharks were found living in the active crater in 2015, but volcanologists say life near volcanoes is not uncommon.
The submarine volcano has been erupting since October 2021 and is home to a variety of marine life, including sharks.
Bennis is part of a team that tracks volcanic activity using data from global volcano observatories and from space through NASA's Earth Observatory and other spacecraft.Recent satellite imagery of the Kavachi Volcano shows it continues to erupt actively. NASA's Earth Observatory shared the image below captured by NASA and U.S. Geological Survey satellite Landsat-9 on May 14.
"There were just people out boating, having a good time, and they noticed that there was just this formation of an island in the middle of the ocean," Bennis said of the 1939 encounter. "And they're like, ‘Whoa, this is kind of weird.’ And so that is our first documented evidence of that volcanic activity."
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