An island emerges from the waters, then vanishes, as if it never existed. In the Caspian Sea, this phenomenon has been ...

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

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

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

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024 ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a ...

A mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea created a temporary ’ghost island’ in early 2023, only for it to erode away by the ...

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

Azerbaijan is home to more than 300 mud volcanoes, both on land and offshore in the Caspian Sea, NASA's Earth Observatory ...

NASA has released images of a vanishing "ghost island" in the Caspian Sea captured by its satellites. The Kumani Bank mud ...

This is hardly the first time the ghost island of the Kumani Bank has appeared and disappeared. We like to think of land as a fairly static thing, considering that's where we spend the majority of ...

Yet in less than two years, that island has been whittled down by the sea to barely a dot — not much remains in the third photograph, dating to the end of 2024. Three images of the "ghost island ...