The Irish Star reports “Mount Erebus, the world’s tallest volcano located in Antarctica , is causing a stir among scientists with its daily ejection of gold. The volcano typically spews out steam, gases and rocks , but it’s the tiny specks of crystallized gold that are intriguing experts. These golden particles have been found as far as 621 miles from the site, and they are worth up to £5,000, or over $6,000.
Standing at a towering 12,448 feet tall, Mount Erebus is one of Antarctica’s 138 active volcanoes. NASA scientists believe that the molten rock easily rises up from the Earth’s interior, carrying gold particles to the surface where they crystallise in the sub-zero temperatures.
According to GeologyHub, “Mount Erebus is one of a number of volcanoes which actively produces gold during its eruptive activity. However, it is the only volcano which produces solid gold particles instead of the material being disseminated or occurring in a gas/liquid form.”
Scientists have suggested that these particles then travel through the air, as the “gold dust” has been found 621 miles away from the source.
The volcano reportedly produces 64.4lbs of gold each year, worth around $2m (£1.5m). However, anyone hoping to cash in should be warned that mining the gold would be too dangerous due to the threat of random volcanic explosions.
The volcano also sporadically ejects rock in strombolian eruptions.
This fiery beast is believed to be the southernmost active volcano on the planet, towering over the McMurdo research base on Ross Island. Erebus holds the distinction of being the most famous peak in Antarctica.
The volcano also features a lava lake in its summit crater that’s been active since at least 1972. Due to its isolated location, satellites are mainly used to keep an eye on its activity.”
Ron S
I found mysterious gold yesterday myself… It was in an old cardboard shoebox and was the only thing in there besides the wrapping and toe papers from the shoes. Looked it up and turned out to be a vintage charm with encapsulated gold flakes or “pickers” from Alaska. Not worth a ton (maybe $150) but really cool and never saw this before in my life.
Maybe it’s karma coming around as in spring of this year I found a small backpack next to one of my walking trails with miscellaneous jewelry inside of it and also strewn around in the grass next to it, it looked like cheap jewelry but I didn’t examine it very hard, just picked it all up and put it in the bag.
Drove over to the sheriff station and just so happened to catch a couple officers coming out of their vehicle as I pulled into the parking lot. I rolled down my window and shouted to them. Then without looking or acting suspiciously dangerous… Well, as harmless as a guy emerging from a truck holding out a dirty backpack of unknown contents can look anyway 😂, I opened it slowly from a distance and let them approach me… They turned out to be really cool guys and appreciative after I told them the story. I thanked them for their service, wishing them good luck in finding the owner or solving the mystery.
I think it’s important not to take things that don’t belong to you and keep a clean conscience, even little tarnishes on yourself add up and keep dragging a person down farther and farther… But I believe those gold pickers in the charm found me, or were gifted to me, so I think I’ll keep it… We’ll just have to wait and see if it has any weird juju attached to it.
Gold can do strange things to a man 😳 muahahahaha!
m99
Ummm. Forget raining men, give me a bucket!