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Chapter 6. The Greek Islands

           Thepanelsopened,andIsawtheseaentirelywhiteallround.Asulphuroussmokewascurlingamidthewaves,whichboiledlikewaterinacopper.Iplacedmyhandononeofthepanesofglass,buttheheatwassogreatthatIquicklytookitoffagain.

           "Wherearewe?"Iasked.

           "NeartheIslandofSantorin,sir,"repliedtheCaptain."Iwishedtogiveyouasightofthecuriousspectacleofasubmarineeruption."

           "Ithought,"saidI,"thattheformationofthesenewislandswasended."

           "Nothingiseverendedinthevolcanicpartsofthesea,"repliedCaptainNemo;"andtheglobeisalwaysbeingworkedbysubterraneanfires.Already,inthenineteenthyearofourera,accordingtoCassiodorusandPliny,anewisland,Theia(thedivine),appearedintheveryplacewheretheseisletshaverecentlybeenformed.Thentheysankunderthewaves,toriseagainintheyear69,whentheyagainsubsided.SincethattimetoourdaysthePlutonianworkhasbeensuspended.Butonthe3rdofFebruary,1866,anewisland,whichtheynamedGeorgeIsland,emergedfromthemidstofthesulphurousvapournearNeaKamenni,andsettledagainthe6thofthesamemonth.Sevendaysafter,the13thofFebruary,theIslandofAphroessaappeared,leavingbetweenNeaKamennianditselfacanaltenyardsbroad.Iwasintheseseaswhenthephenomenonoccurred,andIwasablethereforetoobserveallthedifferentphases.TheIslandofAphroessa,ofroundform,measured300feetindiameter,and30feetinheight.Itwascomposedofblackandvitreouslava,mixedwithfragmentsoffelspar.

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